Comments: "Our National Geographic ship, Explorer, took us to the Antarctic Peninsula as well as below the Antarctic Circle. Zodiacs transported from ship to shore. While on the continent and on board ...

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...

These findings don’t just matter to researchers and station crews; they also matter to the animals that call Antarctica home and the global climate system at large. What Fast Ice Really Means Fast ice ...

This seems like an easy question to tackle. If you’re wondering “Is Antarctica real?” it undoubtedly is. It’s a continent that spans the Earth’s South Pole and is the fifth-largest on the planet, ...

Temperature records from measurements of oxygen isotopes in the ice reveal that this area experienced a gradual, long-term ...

Glaciers in East Antarctica could lose ice faster in the future than previously thought, scientists reported Friday, in an alarming feedback loop where glacier meltwater is triggering even more ice ...

A record-breaking heat wave unfolding at what should be the coldest time in Earth’s coldest place has scientists concerned about what it could mean for the future health of the Antarctic continent, ...