Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

First detected in 1958 by a Soviet expedition, these mountains are invisible to the naked eye, shrouded under the thickest ...

East Antarctica’s Wilkes Land and Queen Mary Land region recorded 108 gigatons of average ice sheet mass gain per year from ...

Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren't as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting too wet can kill them.

In addition to low-lying valleys, covered lakes, and bizarre sub-glacial rivers, the Antarctic ice is also hiding massive ...

Scientists drilled through Antarctic ice to uncover a buried river system that may reshape predictions of melting and ...

The history of human exploration and research in the Antarctica has been hugely been impacted by Pensacola trained pilots, ...

When polar explorer Patrick Woodhead traversed Antarctica in the early 2000s, he became obsessed with the continent's ...

This 12-day itinerary showcases the “frozen continent” from land, air, and sea, and explores the remote eastern reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula. Largely unreachable by ship alone ...