Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice? Now, a new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent ... "The latest satellite data have also more ...

Antarctica, however ... from 2003 to 2010, the ICESat satellite circled the Earth in a north-south orbit, keeping an eye on the poles. But ICESat got no lower than 364 miles above ground, and ...

View the paths of glory and despair that ... Scott's expedition contributed geographical discoveries and the first aerial survey of Antarctica via balloon.

Scambos alerted the British Antarctic Survey after he noticed part of the Wilkins ice shelf disintegrating on February 28, when he was looking at NASA satellite images. Late February marks the end ...

"An important question for us is how recent extreme lows in Antarctic sea ice compare to sea-ice extent from before satellite records in the earlier part of the 20th century." "We present the ...