The Denman glacier in East Antarctica is one of the largest and fastest melting glaciers on the continent, and yet little is ...

Citizen historians have spent decades searching for the original text of Shackleton’s advertisement. Now, some say it might ...

If you think you can brave the elements, consider moving to these regions where bone-chilling temperatures are the norm.

Samantha Harper ran through snow, ice, and alongside penguins during a grueling ultra-marathon race on the icy continent. The ...

Surface melting for the Antarctic ice sheet appears to have set a record for the 46-year satellite observation period on January 2, 2025. All areas of the Antarctic coast that generally see ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s ice-free ecosystems, highlighting their biodiversity and growing climate threats.

As I embarked the Seabourn Venture in Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world, I knew my mission to play golf ...

Australian Antarctic Program scientists have released the most comprehensive database of species living in the ice-free areas ...

Alumna Soleil Sabalja represents UD in Antarctica, where she spent 10 days in December 2024 as part of the Grosvenor Teacher ...

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

The West Antarctic ice sheet could cause metres of sea level rise if it collapses – but more than 120,000 years ago, it may ...

Scientists have successfully analyzed more than 30 years of vital data on the thickness of landfast sea ice in Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, which will prove useful to measure future impacts of climate ...