Google Maps recently added a new round of panoramic Street View images from Antarctica including such points of interest as explorer Ernest Shackleton’s hut from the Nimrod expedition and the ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released the most detailed map yet of what Antarctica looks like when you strip away its ubiquitous cover of ice and snow. Derived from 60 years of data, it will ...

Scientists using satellite data have now created the most detailed maps ever produced of the vast snow-covered Antarctic continent. The maps reveal unprecedented views of surface features that provide ...

It's common knowledge that Earth's southernmost continent, Antarctica, has exceptionally cold temperatures. However, you might not know the scope of the continent's frigidity. Antarctica is one of ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 metres up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...

A huge iceberg the size of Las Vegas has broken off from an Antarctica ice shelf. Maps created with GPS equipment show the 235-mile-long iceberg breaking off from the Brunt Ice Shelf, which is ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. To study the rapidly changing ecosystems of Antarctica, ...