Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also ...

On January 13, when an iceberg the size of Chicago broke away from Antarctica’s immense ... broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula, before quickly drifting away. This giant phantom jellyfish ...

Researchers have proposed many origins for a gravity anomaly in Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, but the latest evidence ...

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...

Scientists uncovered a thriving, never-before-seen ecosystem beneath Antarctica after a giant iceberg broke off.

Antarctic’s ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record. Antarctica’s summer sea ice has ... as shown in the map above. That’s about 30 percent below the ...

Captain James Cook's third and final attempt to sail south in search of the elusive Terra Australis was blocked by ...

Recent times have seen an increase in the demand for Antarctic krill oil due to the numerous health benefits it offers. This oil, derived from small shrimp-like organisms known as krill that dwell ...

with the joint proposal to create a Marine Protected Area in waters next to west Antarctica Peninsula and south of the Scotia arc, a project in which the Chilean Antarctic Institute and Argentina ...

However, Antarctic ... Antarctica, sea ice cover is very low this year – a reminder of the serious and unprecedented changes to Earth's climate happening all around us.' The new maps and ...

A large sponge, a cluster of anemones, and other life is seen nearly 230 meters deep at an area of the seabed that was very recently covered by the George VI Ice Shelf, a floating glacier in ...

With six months of continual darkness, sub-zero conditions and supreme isolation, the Antarctic is the perfect ... going from New Zealand to Antarctica. “There was also the time when a kitchen ...