An inside look at the HX 'Nansen,' including its science program, zodiac excursions, and amenities, like its ocean-view sauna ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Isolation, frigid temperatures and old food are small prices to pay for the opportunity to do research in Antarctica.

"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

A massive iceberg broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, giving researchers a rare opportunity to ...

Many of us perceive Antarctica as a distant and mysterious corner of the world. The coldest and most wind-swept region on Earth was the last continent to be discovered. Today, it stands as a ...

When the Chicago-size iceberg drifted away, scientists seized the opportunity to study the life and geologic formations ...

Far from staying away from the game, a five-month chess championship took place between Soviet explorers in Antarctica in ...