"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

United States and United Kingdom researchers have stitched together more than 1.000 views of the White Continent to make a stunning new high-definition polar panorama. The images come primarily ...

Many have died trying to explore its mysteries, but those who survive get to witness one of the last untouched places on Earth. Here are 26 ice-cold photos of Antarctica.

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The images Pellegrin has brought home are stark, scary, beautiful and otherworldly—almost literally. It is perhaps apt that NASA is studying Antarctica the same way it often studies distant ...

The iceberg cometh. The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with a British island off Antarctica, potentially ...

Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

NASA images reveal the journey of this gargantuan slab of ice as it made a break for the open waters of the Southern Ocean, finally escaping the grips of Antarctica. These pictures were snapped by ...

Macquarie Island Station Leader Rebecca Jeffcoat likens her role with the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) to being the ...

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A wall of ice the size of Rhode Island is lumbering toward a remote island off Antarctica that’s home to millions of penguins and seals.