A high-end expedition cruise vessel, the Scenic Eclipse II, received assistance from the heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star ...
Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the growing influence of climate change on the planet ...
A new generation of ice-penetrating maps has turned the blank white of Antarctica into a richly contoured world of mountains, ...
The sea ice surrounding Antarctica has increased in extent and concentration from the late 1970s, when satellite-based measurements began, until 2015. This behavior has presented a conundrum for ...
Antarctica is warming roughly twice as fast as the rest of the planet, putting its vast ice sheets, surrounding oceans, and unique ecosystems at growing risk. A new study led by researchers from the ...
Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the western Antarctic peninsula in 2016 - Copyright AFP/File EITAN ABRAMOVICH Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the ...