Discover the fascinating history of the frozen continent, from heroic human explorers to the animal inhabitants that endure ...

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

SYDNEY, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers have created a new detailed map of Antarctica's ice-free land that they say will help protect the continent's biodiversity. The team, led by ...

To make the animation, I downloaded the geographic information system data for the glaciers from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. The data is extremely detailed, coming in at a huge 14GB. This ...

So you’ve decided to become a realist. Not a philosophical realist, like Wittgenstein or Popper. Not an artistic realist, ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

Ice loss from the world's glaciers has accelerated over the past decade, scientists said on Wednesday, warning that melting ...

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...

CEO of Hitachi Energy, Andreas Schierenbeck on The Big Question ...

Over the past 25 years while working as a ski journalist, I’ve been fortunate enough to visit around 250 resorts. And my pick ...

A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) - the first UK published, ...

Create a table- top map of Antarctica using junk materials ... the Foundation Stage World Around Us in Northern Ireland; the Foundation Phase Knowledge and Understanding of the World in Wales ...