Watch as researchers drop a camera into a deep borehole within West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, one of the most volatile ...

Credit: Allison Cusick Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at the bottom of the world conducting field research in Antarctica this ...

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences ...

Antarctica can be a dangerous place to live and work, but to mitigate the risks, a team of survival specialists is contracted ...

All good as long as the winds do not get crazy! Cheers, from Untersee, snow just starting to fall, winds starting to pick up..; Power going off in a minute and off to bed, more tomorrow! Keith’s note: ...

Massive 60-Mile ‘Stone Giant’ Emerges in Antarctica From Millennia of Ice ...

One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers has claimed a victim: a suite of instruments that became trapped deep within the ice.

A groundbreaking study has unveiled Antarctica's hidden, rugged topography beneath its ice sheet, revealing mountains, ...

European geophysicists have achieved a highly precise measurement of Earth’s gravitational field, enabling them to explore ...

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and South Korea (KOPRI) have concluded a highly ambitious field operation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An undated handout image of a map illustrating the subglacial landscape of mountain ranges, deep canyons and wide valleys, as well ...

The team and cargo settled into Cape Town before departure. Logistical preparations described: polar clothing, sleds, snowmobiles, communications, and emergency plans are staged at Novo prior to ...