Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences.

Antarctica's Lake Enigma certainly lives up to its name. The permanently ice-covered lake, named for the peculiar cone of debris at its center, was until recently thought to be frozen solid.

Lake Vostok is the largest of 375 or so subglacial lakes in Antarctica. It is also the fourth deepest lake on Earth, with depths reaching 800 meters from the lake’s surface, itself covered by 2 miles ...

who studies microbes in Antarctic lakes. “The only way you can have a presence in Antarctica is through science,” Dr. Sumner said. Even so, much of that science is motivated by the need to ...

After more than two decades of drilling in Antarctica, Russian scientists have confirmed that they reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years ...

Turkish scientists conducted research in Antarctica to explore solutions for the future of the world. The 9th National Antarctic Science Expedition was organized under the auspices of the Turkish ...

We returned to our cabin to put on our expedition gear and waited for our deck to be called for our walk on the sea ice. The expedition team had created a designated path for the walk, and just before ...