Antarctica
'Once-in-a-generation' expedition sets sail to survey famed polar expedition ships
The targets of the new survey include Quest, a schooner-rigged steamship captained by Sir Ernest Shackleton, and Terra Nova, Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s whaler and polar expedition vessel.
8 best luxury cruises to Antarctica: Small ships, big experiences (2026)
Study explains Antarctica’s mystery Blood Falls
Purim Shpiel: Chabad reveals decades-old human-alien shidduch service
Antarctica: Land at the end of the Earth
Tourists from all over the world are flocking to see it before it sinks like fabled Atlantis under the waves and is lost forever.
Iceberg twice the size of New York City breaks free from Antarctica
Despite the fact that climate change is indeed a very real and growing problem and does impact Antarctica, it has nothing to do with this iceberg.
Antarctic melting, major sea level rise is 'not inevitable' - study
Melting of the Antarctic ice cap is contributing to globally rising ocean levels. However, scientists have noticed that the rate of ice loss in one glacial section has slowed.
Scientists uncover another reason for melting of Antarctic glaciers - study
Researchers from the University of East Anglia found that adjacent ice shelves contribute to instability in other ice shelves downstream.
Million-year-old sediment could be the answer to ocean conservation - study
The great big ocean is still 80% unexplored, but new scientific studies may help us understand and explore more of it.
Researchers find way to predict how much Florida-sized doomsday glacier will melt
It is estimated that the complete loss of the glacier and surrounding ice basins would raise the sea level from three to 10 feet.
Coronavirus outbreak hits Belgian Antarctic research outpost
After two years of the pandemic, one of the world's most remote regions - a 25-person Belgian outpost in Antarctica - was exposed to COVID-19.
Coronavirus reaches all 7 continents as 36 cases reported in Antarctica
All 36 patients have been evacuated to the city of Punta Arenas in Southern Chile.
Penguins originate from Australia, New Zealand, new study finds
Penguins most likely originated in Australia and New Zealand 22 million years ago, before the ancestors of the emperor and king penguins relocated to Antarctica.
Human-sized penguins once roamed the South Pacific - study
“When the Crossvallia species were alive, New Zealand and Antarctica were very different from today – Antarctica was covered in forest and both had much warmer climates."