Deep beneath the thick layer of million-year-old ice, something is lurking quietly, waiting to rip through the rigid ice sheets. This enormous icy wasteland is sitting on top of a volcanic ridge. And ...

In the frozen wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers stretch endlessly and the ocean is filled with drifting ice, there exists a place that feels almost impossible, a volcano where you can swim in ...

George Steinmetz was drawn to Mount Erebus, in Antarctica, by the ice. The volcano constantly sputters hot gas and lava, sculpting surreal caves and towers that the photographer had read about and was ...

Geologically, Antarctica isn't easy to study. Nearly all of it (98 percent) is covered by ice, with an average depth of 1.1 miles.. This has certain obvious impacts on our ability to measure anything ...

Steam from active volcanoes has hollowed out extensive cave systems under the Antarctic ice that could be home to unique ecosystems, scientists say A secret world of animals and plants—including ...

SHANGHAI, 5 February (BelTA - Xinhua) - An international research team has established the first comprehensive identity archive for 207 known subglacial volcanoes in Antarctica, marking a significant ...

The mystery location of a giant volcanic eruption that occurred almost 500 years ago has (in part) been solved thanks to glass shards preserved in the ice covering Antarctica. In 1458 a volcano ...

A common route is to voyage south from Argentina toward Antarctica before heading north up the coast of Africa — the same route taken by the cruise ship MV Hondius ...