On 28 November 1966, an American airplane flies over the Antarctic Peninsula just south of the southernmost tip of Chile. On ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

Commuting to Concordia research station in Antarctica takes days—it’s more remote than the International Space Station. Here’s how to get there.

Norse Atlantic Airways operated the first 787 to Antarctica this week, bringing supplies and scientists to the Norwegian ...

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

June was filled with joy and gratitude—from winning journalism awards to celebrating meaningful time with family in New York ...

Overview This data set includes two image maps - a snow grain size map and a surface morphology map - provided at two different resolutions of 125 m and 750 m. The maps were produced from composited ...

Poster map of United States of America with state names. Print map of USA for t-shirt, poster or geographic themes. Hand-drawn colorful map with states. Vector Illustration Royalty-free licenses let ...

Between 2016 and 2018, an ongoing ANITA experiment in Antarctica observed a series of unusual radio signals, according to an international research group that included scientists from Penn State.

From the Lively-Reynolds children to the Kardashians, find inspiration in the most unusual celebrity baby names, and uncover the stories behind them.

ANTARCTICA: Iceberg, right ahead! For Sunnyvale’s Carla Klein, a close-up view of icebergs, penguins, seals and whales were among the highlights of a trip to Argentina and Antarctica earlier ...

Map of Antarctica showing current ice surface (a), land shape beneath the ice (b), and climate changes over time from ocean fossils (c). Black lines mark where ice sits on land; light areas are on ...