A new study in Antarctic waters has found a significant decrease of salinity, or freshening of the seawater surrounding the Ross Ice Shelf, indicating that ice shelf melt is caused by warming surface ...

USS Ross (DDG-71) enters the Black Sea via the Bosporus on Feb. 23, 2020. Photo by Yörük Işık‏ used with permission The Russian military is tracking the movements of USS Ross (DDG-71), which entered ...

At the end of the southern summer, Antarctica’s sea ice hit its annual minimum. By at least one measure, which tracks the area of ocean that contains at least 15% of sea ice, it was a little above the ...

Icebreaker aids stranded cruise ship in Antarctica's Ross Sea In the Ross Sea near Antarctica, USCGC Polar Star aided a cruise ship stuck in ice on Jan. 17, amid extreme cold and hazardous marine ...

The US Coast Guard cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) responded to a request for assistance from the Australian-owned cruise ship Scenic Eclipse II after it became stuck in ice in the Ross Sea during ...