Scientists on the Thwaites Glacier attempted to install equipment beneath the ice to better understand how it is melting. Our ...

The Northeast felt colder than Antarctica this weekend as an Arctic blast barreled into the region, plunging temperatures to ...

One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers has claimed a victim: a suite of instruments that became trapped deep within the ice.

A better understanding of the bedrock can help researchers calculate how quickly the continent's melting glaciers might ...

With the departure of the research vessel Polarstern from Punta Arenas (Chile) scheduled for this weekend, the "Summer ...

If you’ve been following Miles O’Brien’s reports from Antarctica, you know he’s with an international group of researchers ...

If a cruise to Antarctica is on a traveler’s bucket list, they’ll likely need to cross the notoriously treacherous Drake ...

At the edge of Antarctica’s Taylor Glacier, a bright red stream pours out onto stark white ice, looking uncannily like blood. Known as Blood Falls, this phenomenon has unsettled explorers and puzzled ...

After years of work building an exquisitely sensitive instrument, University of Chicago scientists stood and watched as it flew up and out of sight into the fiercely blue Antarctic sky. Launched on ...

A new study confirms the H5N1 virus was responsible for at least 46 skua deaths on the Antarctic peninsula in 2024.

New York City was colder than parts of Antarctica on Sunday after brutal, life-threatening winds swept across much of the ...