The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted landscape for two centuries. Countries have tried to carve up Antarctica and lay claim, but no one owns it.

Have you ever wondered what Antarctica might look like without ice? Now, a new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed ...

Antarctica plays by its own set of rules. It is the coldest, highest, driest and windiest continent on planet Earth. It was discovered and reached by man for the first time not much more than 200 ...

In 1914 it was one of the few places around Antarctica where people had ventured. What began as Shackleton’s ambitious plan to be the first to traverse the Antarctic continent instead became one of ...

Andrew McAfee (Carnegie Museum of Natural History), 2025 Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous, around 69 million years ago, was not the frozen continent it is now. With an average temperature of ...

The United States Antarctic Program (USAP) operates three permanent stations in Antarctica. These remote stations are difficult to get to and difficult to maintain; scattered across the continent ...

The United States Antarctic Program (USAP) operates three permanent stations in Antarctica. These remote stations are difficult to get to and difficult to maintain; scattered across the continent ...

This flightless creature, just 0.2 inches long, has eked out an existence in one of the world’s most unforgiving climates for some 30 million years, since its home continent split ... mechanism behind ...

Wildlife experiences in Antarctica Believe it or not, Antarctica is teeming with diverse wildlife. The continent is home to a variety of bird species, including albatrosses, skuas, and terns ...

The team from the University of Waterloo modeled Antarctica's subglacial environment ... emissions as quickly as possible." Before this continent-wide representation of the Antarctic subglacial ...