Beneath nearly two kilometres of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, locked away since the continent froze over at least 34 million years ago, scientists have found something that changes the way ...

Navigating snow drifts, social isolation and elephant seals, sci-fi-inspired architect Hugh Broughton is reshaping life at ...

A team of polar researchers has unexpectedly discovered a previously unmapped island in Antarctica’s remote Weddell Sea after ...

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A dirty-looking “iceberg” in the Weddell Sea turned out to be something fixed, rocky, and missing from available charts. When ...

As world leaders and scientists gather in Hiroshima this week for the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM), it is a ...

Comprising 11 major islands, this icy archipelago is filled with spectacular landscapes, wildlife and ruins left by humans.

A new study published in Science Advances helps explain why Antarctic sea ice has plunged to record lows since 2015 and why ...

A previously unidentified island in Antarctica's Weddell Sea has been discovered by researchers, after what was marked as a ...

Thwaites “the Doomsday Glacier” West Antarctica is the world’s most famous icon of global warming. It is acting up! Recent ...

The 20th century began with the exploration of the last unknown continent on Earth - Antarctica. So it's somewhat appropriate that as the century closes, another great act of polar exploration is ...

China's polar icebreaker, Xuelong2, also known as Snow Dragon 2, returned to its home port in Shanghai on Monday after a ...