If your family wants a gentle introduction to Antarctic wildlife, the South Shetland Islands are the perfect first stop. With ...

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The Polar Star is making the trip as part of Operation Deep Freeze, the annual resupply of U.S. outposts under the U.S.

New proposal suggests drastic plan to save endangered species. July 19, 2008 — -- If the most dire climate predictions come to pass, the Arctic ice cap will melt entirely, and polar bears could ...

Sudden and rare warming events in Antarctica may have delayed the arrival of the ozone hole that appears above the frozen continent every year, scientists say. These warming events likely impacted a ...