Reading up on Antarctica's natural history and golden age of exploration can make your trip more entertaining and educational ...

Ibrahim Sharaf Al Hashemi, an Emirati explorer, has participated in an air mission that completed the first circular flight ...

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation ...

ANN ARBOR — Amy and Tom Knutilla recently traveled to their seventh continent in a journey that was the first of its kind.

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...

A 2018 study suggested that people working in Antarctica over the winter enter a state of “psychological hibernation,” marked ...

The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents ...

Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

The 1959 Antarctic Treaty established the principle of not allowing oil development in Antarctica, intended to maintain the continent as a place of peace and science. The treaty’s primary objective is ...

If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young ...