Antarctic cruises have never been so popular, with roughly 100,000 passengers a year. About 98% of them sail from South ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

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

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

Back in January, a massive chunk of ice the size of Chicago broke off from an ice sheet on Antarctica’s coast. Exploring the waters this oversized block of ice once covered, scientists found — to ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...

In mid-January, a team of scientists were sailing aboard a research vessel in frigid Antarctic waters. They planned to investigate an unexplored section of the Bellingshausen Sea and the creatures ...

Melting on the Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 2024 to 2025 season began with above average melt extents in all regions, but melt ...

the British Antarctic Survey spearheaded this groundbreaking study, with the findings published in the journal Scientific Data. As the name suggests, Bedmap3 is the third iteration of efforts to map ...

Little is known about life underneath Antarctica. On January 13 ... a giant floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, leading to the discovery of new aquatic species and ...