The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star departed Seattle, Nov. 27, commencing its 29th deployment to Antarctica in support of ...

In pictures, it’s difficult to say whether or not McMurdo Station is actually on the remote, icy planet Hoth from Star Wars. A cluster of low-lying dwellings sprout out from volcanic rock and are ...

U.S. and Russian icebreakers have cleared a path through the sea ice of McMurdo Sound to allow the annual resupply of McMurdo Station, the National Science Foundation's logistics hub in Antarctica ...

The town of Greybull sent a disproportionately large number of workers to Antarctica in the '80s and '90s to keep the McMurdo ...

Outside, winds can howl at 115 miles per hour and winter temperatures dip t0 -30 degrees Fahrenheit. Yet inside Antarctica’s McMurdo Station is a bustling hub for research. McMurdo would be a big city ...

Radio engineer Tony Abfalter is about to take a break from his normal work to head out on an unusual assignment. Leighton Broadcasting, where Abfalter is director of engineering, said he is beginning ...

With glass-walled conference rooms, lounges, and open desk space, the renderings for the renovation of McMurdo Station could be mistaken for those of a state-of-the art office. Employees will be able ...

Flying through brutal weather in the permanent night of an Antarctic winter, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) successfully rescued three personnel from America's McMurdo Station in the ...

Two US government subcontractor employees at Antarctica’s McMurdo Station died Wednesday while performing maintenance at a generator building, the National Science Foundation said. A helicopter pilot ...

In April, the group shared a photo of themselves holding a pride flag. Pride Month will be celebrated all the way in Antarctica this weekend, thanks to the party-planning efforts of the LGBT community ...

Extreme architecture, much like science, is a collaborative and evolving effort—imagine coordinating contractors in an environment that can swing between 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer to 40 ...

On a volcanic rock just off the coast of Antarctica, McMurdo Station is abuzz with scientific research this time of year. Run by the US National Science Foundation, the station sees up to 1,000 ...