In the natural world, Antarctica is where to look for the coldest place on Earth. In 1983, thermometers at the Soviet Vostok ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Antarctica’s biggest and oldest free‑floating iceberg is undergoing a startling transformation, with its once white surface ...

Instead, the most prolific period of glacial earthquakes at Thwaites, between 2018 and 2020, coincides with a period of accelerated flow of the glacier’s ice tongue towards the sea. The ice-tongue ...

Antarctica is a bucket-list destination for many travelers. And as one of the most remote places on Earth, it’s not easy to visit. That’s why it’s vital to travel with a tour company that knows how to ...

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll ...

Strip away Antarctica’s ice and the familiar white disc at the bottom of the map dissolves into something far stranger: a ...

This striking satellite photo shows off the unique shape of Antarctica's "Deception Island" — a semi-submerged, active volcanic caldera created by one of the region's largest known eruptions, which ...