The newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for ...

Named Fram2, the three-to-five-day mission will not only feature the first flyovers of poles but will also include several ...

No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off am Antarctic ice shelf to reveal a thriving ecosystem underneath, according to ...

In the first study to consider the long-term evolution of the rivers that flow beneath glaciers, researchers have new ...

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 ...

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

The closest research stations—Germany’s Neumayer Station ... Tensions in isolated, high-stress environments like Antarctica can lead to psychological strain, which has long been a challenge ...

A South African scientist who allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill a colleague at a remote Antarctic research station snapped ... on the northern tip of Antarctica some 4,000 kilometres ...

But the episode highlighted a worrisome pattern of misconduct at Antarctic research stations, several scientists said. Harassment during field work in Antarctica “is a known problem that is now ...

A South African research group dispatched to Sanae IV base, a research station in Antarctica, are isolated on their mission for at least 10 more months. Extreme weather makes leaving and entering ...