An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ...

Beneath miles of ice lies an ancient landscape untouched for 40 million years. If it ever thaws, what secrets—and ...

Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice ...

An international team led by Japan’s National Institute of Polar Research discovered that large-scale East Antarctic ice loss ...

Warm deep water driven by ancient meltwater feedbacks caused rapid ice-shelf collapse in East Antarctica 9,000 years ago. The ...

Unusual radio signals from beneath Antarctica’s ice continue to defy explanation. Several years ago, scientists using a ...

A robot found over 1,000 organized fish nests under Antarctic ice, revealing geometric breeding patterns and new clues about ...

Ocean heat, not air temperature, may decide Antarctica’s fate as new models predict widespread ice shelf loss by 2300.

Portuguese carrier Hi Fly has just marked five years of flying to Antarctica with its latest Airbus A340 ice landing ...

As the map shows, the naked land beneath the Antarctic ice sheet is a rugged land, covered in mountain ranges, gorges, and jagged terrain. Remarkably, one part of the bed found under the Byrd Glacier ...

Some places on Earth stay frozen almost all year, where icy winds blow and sunlight is rare. From Antarctica to Russia, here ...