More than two hundred days of successful drilling and ice core processing operations occurred across four field seasons, and in the harsh environment of the central Antarctic plateau. At an ...

The researchers pinpointed a site, known simply as Ridge A that is 4.053 metres high up on the Antarctic Plateau. The study revealed that Ridge A has an average winter temperature of minus 70 ...

Antarctic scientists have extracted what is ... four field seasons in the harsh environment of the central Antarctic plateau. They worked at an altitude of 3,200 meters above sea level and with ...

Ground temperatures in East Antarctica have soared more than 50 degrees (28 Celsius) above normal in the second major heat ...

A satellite survey using infrared measurements estimated a surface temperature of -136 degrees on the Antarctic Plateau, near a mountain range. Infrared measurements, however, do not count in the ...

Three kilometers above sea level at the bottom of the world is a near-unbearably cold desert. The icy landscape is featureless and flat; useful in the height of summer when the mercury climbs to ...

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice? Now, a new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed ...

The Franco-Italian research base Concordia, installed in Dome C of the Antarctic Plateau at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters, recorded last Friday a “heat” of 11.5°C below zero ...

One area of the world that needs our help the most is Antarctica, with its ice melts affecting the entire world's climate. Read on to find out some of the most amazing facts about this special place.

The sharp line of the horizon was just starting to blur – a telltale sign that wind high on the Antarctic plateau was whipping up snow and heading for the coast where the Russian-flagged ship ...

Three kilometers above sea level at the bottom of the world is a near-unbearably cold desert. The icy landscape is featureless and flat; useful in the height of summer when the mercury climbs to ...