A 1550 square km (963 sq mi.) iceberg, designated A81 broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf. A time-lapse of the 'calving process' was captured by satellites. Credit; ESA - European Space Agency ...
An international team of polar researchers has found several types of microbiota living in the water below the frozen surface ...
"Shifting ecosystems on land and at sea underscore this sensitive region’s rapid and unprecedented transformations." Hundreds ...
An Irish mountaineer is hoping to become the oldest Irish person to climb the highest mountains in each of the seven ...
An international team of oceanographers, Antarctic specialists and meteorologists has found evidence that the collapse of ...
Day 25) - As the solo skippers race across the southern oceans close to Antarctica, the Vendée Globe is helping to navigate ...
In an unprecedented move, scientists want to build underwater curtains in Antarctica to combat glacial melt, albeit at the ...
NASA's PREFIRE mission uses two small CubeSats to measure far-infrared radiation emitted by Earth's polar regions, offering ...
National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has completed its first roundtrip flights between Puerto Natales, Chile, and King ...
Last year avian influenza brought death to the picturesque island of South Georgia off Antarctica. This season scientists ...
The last two years have seen unprecedented falls in the levels of sea ice around Antarctica, which serves as a protective ...