One of the most unknown places on Earth is Antarctica. A place that has been analyzed in recent decades and still holds many ...

Scientists using a submersible robot discovered patterns under the Antarctic ice that have never been seen before by humans.

"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between ...

The researchers and base personnel remain in Antarctica for approximately 15 months working through the cold and dark winter ...

The Antarctic ice sheet is the largest single mass of continental ice on Earth. Its ecosystems concern us all, but are still poorly understood. Antarctica's southern regions are essential to ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation between key players. So what is at stake in the world's southernmost region?