The vehicle’s mission yielded key findings on glacial melt and deep currents before it disappeared under mysterious ...

Antarctica's first sighting on January 28, 1820, by Russian explorers FF Bellingshausen and MP Lazarev marked the beginning ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

So, here’s the scoop: a major oil discovery in Antarctica has got everyone buzzing, and it’s stirring up quite a debate about ...

Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's four symmetrical faces were forged through natural processes.

Its eerie red colour, ability to flow in freezing temperatures, and the resilient life forms within it make it one of ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

His courie also will be found sketched on the accompanying map. He crossed the antarctic circle some six times, and discovered Peter Island, the most southerly land then known. He did not ...

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

The frozen continent has never been so desirable. But as other nations try to get in on the action, a race to the bottom ...

A new species of mud dragon has been discovered by a research team led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). The animal was found in the South Orkney Trench in the Souther ...