This ice cave was one stemming from the tongue of a glacier flowing from Mount Erebus, one of the most powerful volcanoes of ...

A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of ...

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...

The British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI continue to support the British Antarctic Survey following a reconnaissance ...

Step out on the sea ice just outside New Zealand’s Scott Base with researchers studying the physics of its annual cycle.

After more than two months in Antarctic waters, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and its crew departed the ...

“If you look on nautical charts, it calls this island Bombay Island after this boat,” Lockton said of the remains of an old ...

Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising ...

Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These ...

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend ...

As they embarked on the Drake Passage, Xavier — who had explored the wonders Antarctica offers once before — recalled the ...