A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The first solar eclipse of the year will grace Antarctica, and only a lucky few will get to bask — or waddle ...

Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, New Zealand, on a ...

Ponant Explorations announced its most ambitious polar expedition to date: a 62-day circumnavigation of Antarctica aboard Le Commandant Charcot, scheduled to depart in 2028 during the austral summer ...

Ceirra Pipher turned 29 on a photography expedition aboard a sailboat at the southernmost spot in the world ...

After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

When one considers the term “Continent of Science,” one may think of an area filled with the presence of universities or other hubs of science or technology. But, within the geographical and science ...

The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it. Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known ...

For the first time, deadly H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of a wildlife die-off in Antarctica, killing more than 50 skuas during the 2023–2024 summers. Researchers on an Antarctic ...

The future of the “White Continent” might be in question as great powers reactivate their spheres of influence, an expert writes.

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...