Upon arrival in Antarctica, the Polar Star broke a 38-mile channel through ice up to 12 feet thick, enabling cargo vessels to deliver essential supplies to McMurdo Station.

The Māori language describes 12 distinct types of snow. Researchers are identifying them in Antarctica as part of a project ...

Norse Atlantic Airways operated the first 787 to Antarctica this week, bringing supplies and scientists to the Norwegian Polar Institute’s Troll Research Station. And we’ve got footage and photos! Vid ...

Antarctica is not just a land of ice and penguins; it's a place of extraordinary, mysterious discoveries that continue to ...

The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy-duty icebreaker in America's fleet departed Seattle's port Wednesday afternoon en route to Antarctica.

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet—sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life. But this wasn't always the case. Ninety million years ago, it supported lush forests.

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater ...

America’s brainchild — may be humanity’s greatest geopolitical feat, governing the only continent never to see war. Now, as China pulls ahead in polar science, the US may be sabotaging its role in the ...

Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These itty bitty critters make their own food and are the base of the food ...

The Antarctic ozone hole usually starts forming in early August, but rare warming events and a strangely elongated polar vortex this year may have delayed its arrival.