Argentina’s Ushuaia and Chile’s Punta Arenas are the usual departure points for West Antarctic voyages, and to the relief of Antarctic tourists dreading Australia’s southern oceans or the infamous ...
It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that ...
It is no strange sight to see icebergs break off of the Antarctic ice cap and drift away, like the gigantic sheet of ice that is currently heading for the island of South Georgia. But climate change ...
A first-of-its-kind study suggests the worsening melting of Antarctica’s vast ice sheet could directly drive shifts in New ...
Will McGough thought he’d scatter his father’s ashes in Antarctica for a special tribute. But once there, he learned that ...
Every wondered why polar bears don't freeze in the extreme temperatures of the Arctic? Well, scientists finally have the ...
The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...
A stunning discovery beneath Antarctica’s ice has revealed evidence of a hidden ancient jungle, suggesting that this frozen ...
A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...
Throughout Earth's history, ice caps have been very rare, but a model of the past 420 million years suggests an explanation for why they sometimes form ...
A team of scientists from Bowling Green State University are currently en route to Antarctica in search of groundbreaking new data that could play a key role in the future of climate research.
Ice-rated expedition ships are becoming a familiar sight in a less rugged and more well-trodden part of the world: the ...