Major construction projects to improve the electrical generating capacity and communications links at the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station were completed this month, ...

Rising out of the frozen plateau is the South Pole Telescope, a key tool for radio astronomy. Completed in 2007, the 33-ft ...

From the United States’ Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, astronomers use sophisticated telescopes to peer into the depths of space and create images of the universe in its infancy. Scientists use of ...

East Antarctica’s interior is warming at a startling pace, powered by shifting ocean conditions that drive warm air inland. Long overlooked, this icy heart may hold the key to future sea level rise.

On September 20, after six months of darkness, the return of the sun at the South Pole signaled the arrival of spring in the Southern Hemisphere. For scientists at NOAA’s South Pole Atmospheric ...

This image shows the arrangement of solar panel arrays sketched out in the study. The panels are aligned to catch sunlight along the horizon at virtually any time of day during austral summer. A ...

Climate scientists long thought Antarctica’s interior may not be very sensitive to warming, but our research, published today, shows a dramatic change. Over the past 30 years, the South Pole has been.

100 Years since Amundsen beat Scott to the pole. Dec. 18, 2011 — -- On December 14, 1911, a five-man Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen became the first explorers to reach the South Pole.

Editor's Note: John Bauhs, a Portage High School graduate and chef to 250 scientists and workers at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, has agreed to update Daily Register readers ...

I want to thank you for the wonderful article "Guarding Antarctic Ecosystems" [April 13]. It brought back the many stories my father used to tell us about his tour in Antarctica. My father, Charles E.

In 1910, two explorers—Roald Amundsen of Norway and Robert Falcon Scott of Britain—set out to conquer the last untouched frontier on Earth: the South Pole. What began as a race for glory ended in ...