Even Antarctica Isn’t Safe: Microplastics Found Inside the Continent’s Only Insect

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Penguins That Thrive—and the Ones Left Behind—as Antarctica Warms

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

Would you dive into the freezing waters of the Antarctic? Meet the people who do it for fun

A long-awaited polar plunge comes with a mix of excitement and trepidation.

Warming temperatures are forcing some Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, study finds

A new study finds that warming temperatures are causing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, threatening some species with extinction by century's end.

French expedition sets sail to preserve Antarctica's 'invisible wealth'

Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of Antarctica, where they ...

From Seal Meat to Ice Sheets: A Century of Reporting From Antarctica

Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing ...

Researchers find Antarctic penguin breeding is happening sooner, and that's a problem

A new study finds that warming temperatures are causing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, threatening some species with ...

Cruise Ship Trapped in Thick Ice Near Antarctica Rescued by U.S. Coast Guard 'Icebreaker' Vessel: WATCH

The ‘Scenic Eclipse II’ was sailing through the Ross Sea in Antarctica on Jan. 17 when it got stuck in a thick sheet of ice and required assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard.

Antarctica, Siberia or Greenland: Which is the coldest place on Earth? Temperatures drop up to −90°C, know how people survive there

Journey to the world's most brutal climates, from Antarctica's frozen plateaus to Siberian villages. Discover how humans ...
IFLScience

What Happens If You're Born In Antarctica? Just 11 Babies Have Started Life In The South Pole

Towards the end of 1977, the Argentinian government airlifted the heavily pregnant Silvia Morello de Palma to the country’s ...
India Today on MSN

Luxury cruise ship rescued from Antarctic ice by US Coast Guard

A luxury cruise ship, Scenic Eclipse II, became trapped in thick pack ice in Antarctica's Ross Sea and was successfully freed ...