By drilling 1.7 miles beneath the icy surface, the team has pulled a 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic bedrock.

It is official: 2024 was the hottest year since 1850, around the time scientists began keeping reliable records of Earth's ...

Volcanoes erupting isn’t what most people think of, but this scene could happen as the frozen continent melts, a study has ...

A member of the Oregon Air National Guard has completed a six week mission in Antarctica. Colonel Christopher Lantagne served as commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group at ...

Madison Mountaineering Back in Antarctica After a successful expedition to Mt. Vinson in Antarctica to close out 2024, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mo ...

Chile, Argentina, the U.K., Norway, Australia, New Zealand and France—maintain territorial claims on the continent.

Marine life is so full of microplastic there will come a point when fish is no longer considered healthy for human ...

British stroke survivor Jonny Huntington has become the first disabled person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole.

From The South Pole to The North Pole Adventurer, elite mountaineer and cross-country skier Kristin Harila recently suspended her solo and unsupported ski trek.

The polar vortex is a low-pressure system of cold air that swirls above Earth’s poles. There’s one over the South Pole in ...

Human-induced climate change is causing shifts in the world's largest ocean current and westerly wind systems also seen ...

Chile's president visited Antarctica, an attempt to draw attention to the renewed great power competition playing out on the ...