An Argo ocean float was lost in the Antarctic for months under the Denman and Shackleton ice shelves, and it returned with ...

Recent research has led scientists to new conclusions about the fastest melting glacier in Antarctica. Some are reassuring, ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

Ice Sheet Records Surprising Mass Gain Between 2021 and 2023, the Antarctic Ice Sheet gained mass at an average rate of ...

Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the ...

Wildlife photographer Justin Hofman has shared what are believed to be the first underwater photographs of a Ross seal.

For Antarctic veterans and novices alike, the first sighting of an iceberg on an expedition stays “closest to your heart.” ...

There are few frontiers in the world that can still be said to be unexplored. One of these terra incognita is the land ...

Antarctica is known for being a rather inhospitable place, what with its extreme cold, violent winds, and low levels of water – it is technically a desert. Much of continent also sits at high altitude ...

Though ice sheet melting is widely talked of and debated, there is limited knowledge about what happens after the period of ...

"If you're doing fieldwork for many months, the feeling of receiving a letter—an actual tangible—letter is such a lift," said Shaw.

New findings about ocean processes in the Antarctic show melting ice shelves and changes to sea ice could have catastrophic ...