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

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 ...

Antarctica holds vast scientific value and potential natural resources, yet strict international treaties prevent nations from claiming or exploiting it. Here’s how geopolitics, environmental ...

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

The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it. Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known as a “ring of fire,” will only be visible in Antarctica.

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 ...

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 ...

The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals can collect data in waters that ships could ...

Dawn Doucette placed third in the women’s division after running 183 miles across seven continents in seven days.

A squad of graduate students aboard the icebreaker Araon is getting a crash course in the slow and physical work of ocean exploration.