An exciting breakthrough under the Antarctic ice is changing our understanding ... Enigma Lake was long considered a lifeless, frozen body of water. However, recent research has shattered this ...

For all of human history, Antarctica has been ice-covered and desolate. Now, a new model shows the hidden continent beneath ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest ... While ice sheets and shelves are long-lived bodies formed from snowfall, sea ice is frozen seawater and fluctuates with the seasons.

The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...

At McMurdo, scientists sometimes wait for weeks for a safe flight into the frozen interior ... and so do human bodies. Just when everything finally starts working, a rogue storm may roll over ...

An initial clean-up has been conducted at Wilkes Station after a French inspection team last year said it posed a "clear risk" to the Antarctic ... is a coastal site frozen in time, where old ...