Weathered rocks sitting above the ice hold iron concentrations up to ten times higher than earlier reports from elsewhere in ...

Is this visitor to Antarctica going crazy or having a good time? Tim Bieber/Photodisc via Getty Images As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those ...

This geographic contrast allows Antarctic sea ice to expand freely during winter and retreat dramatically in summer, creating ...

For decades, scientists have gathered evidence that climate change is melting sea ice in the Arctic. But Antarctica has been this weird outlier. The region's sea ice melt hasn't been so dramatic. That ...

As Midwinter Day comes to Antarctica –- the darkest day of the year –- those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the earliest days of ...

Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the growing influence of climate change on the planet ...

Recent satellite images from NASA’s Earth Observatory reveal a concerning trend: Antarctic sea ice has reached its ...

It may be the middle of summer here, but it is the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere. Temperatures on the East Antarctica Plateau, a giant ice shelf with an average elevation of 11,000 feet, ...

The Antarctic winter sea ice maximum is on track to be the second lowest on record, at 17.15 million square km² (6.62 million mi²), close to the 2023 record low of 16.96 million km² (6.55 million mi²) ...

In 1914, an ambitious trans-antarctic expedition was organized by scientist/explorer Ernest Henry Shackleton. But during the middle of winter, his ship, the Endurance, was caught and crushed in the ...

William Lindman brings Antarctic adventures to Maritime Museum Dec. 4 MANITOWOC – The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is inviting ...

Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the western Antarctic peninsula in 2016 - Copyright AFP/File EITAN ABRAMOVICH Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the ...