Antarctica

Earthquake of magnitude 7.5 hits Drake Passage off South America

The earthquake struck more than 700 km (435 miles) southeast of Argentina's city of Ushuaia, with a population of about 57,000, the USGS said.

Waves break on the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise at the Drake Passage as it navigates towards the Antarctica Peninsula, Antarctica, February 10, 2018
 Beneath the Antarctic ice: Gondwana's lost world revealed by modern technology.

Beneath the Antarctic ice: Gondwana's lost world revealed by modern technology

 An octopus rests on the seafloor at a depth of 1,150 meters in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica, in an area where the edge of the shelf and the slope are carved by several underwater channels.

Ancient ecosystem uncovered beneath Antarctic glacier collapse

 The Antarctic midge is the only known insect native to Antarctica.

Antarctica’s only native insect’s unique survival mechanism


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.

A map indicating the location of the Southern Ocean.

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.

The floating ice edge at Thwaites Glacier margin, photographed in February 2019.

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.

 Penguins are seen in Curverville Island, Antarctica, February 15, 2018

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.

Chilean Army base General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme in Antarctica

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.

A gentoo penguin dives into the water in its enclosure at the Sea Life aquarium in central London

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."

A gentoo penguin dives into the water in its enclosure at the Sea Life aquarium in central London