By Mongabay.com The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), an advocacy group focused on the world’s coldest and most ...

Little Dome C is high on the central Antarctic plateau, reaching an altitude of 10,498 feet (3,200 meters) above sea level, presenting numerous challenges.

Yet the days ahead look sweet for polar explorers living 11,400 feet above sea level on the ice plateau of Central Antarctica. "We managed to grow the southernmost watermelons in the harshest ...

Bedmap3 is the newest map showing what Antarctica will look like without ice. British Antarctic Survey. Scientists used data from planes, satellites, ships, and dog sleds to create the map and ...

When satellites first started peering down on the craggy, glaciated Antarctic Peninsula about 40 years ago, they saw only a few tiny patches of vegetation covering a total of about 8,000 square ...

A first subsea Internet cable to the Antarctic has been proposed. The US government’s National Science Foundation (NSF) is investigating the possibility of building a cable connecting the ...