Antarctica is the windiest place on Earth, with winds reaching 327 km/h (199 mph) in 1972. These extreme winds come from ...

2025 One of the researchers from the National Meteorological Service launched a balloon sounding in Antarctica. The mission: to measure the atmosphere in a place where the wind gives no respite.

An LSU-led team would like to use a high-flying Antarctic balloon-borne infrared telescope to detect the chemical makeup of ...

How should you pack for a journey to the White Continent? Here's what you need to know about essential and non-essential items.

While colder temperatures have been recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica (minus 128.6 degrees on July 21, 1983) and Klink Station, Greenland (minus 93.3 degrees on Dec. 22, 1991), Oymyakon's coldest ...

Antarctica's hostile environment is made worse with freezing cold winds of up to 200 mph (320 kph). The continent is a massive ice block, 98% of its mainland is covered in ice. That equates to an ...

There are no permanent residents in Antarctica, but people do live and work there all the year round. Tasks include releasing a weather balloon to record the temperature and wind speeds.

The high winds mean the turbines are expected to deliver ... show our participation in large international efforts here in Antarctica," De Crem told VRT television from Antarctica.

Discover why Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth, with an average annual precipitation of just 50 millimetres.