It's not only the physical challenges but also the mental side of living in Antarctica that would make a permanent human settlement there difficult. On Oct 25, 1991, I made my first trip to the US ...

Antarctica’s Lake Enigma has become slightly less enigmatic. It was once assumed the faraway lake was frozen solid from top ...

Paid and presented by International Science Council. As witnesses to a changing climate over millennia, the Antarctic ice sheets are a unique record for studying past climate change informing ...

Last summer, the famous Penguin Post Office was off-limits due to the threat of avian flu, so its workers got creative.

Now, a group of scientists working in the southernmost region of our planet has discovered something massive living under Antarctica. According to a study published in Frontiers in Marine Science ...

A team of geologists found a group of creatures in an area of Antarctica where life was deemed near to impossible, it was reported. After an exploratory study by drilling 900 meters of ice on the ...

The outcome of this research could be used by international bodies such as the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources to better manage the continent's waters.

The team of 27 includes researchers, a chef, a doctor and two helicopter pilots, who have been living in tents through snowstorms since December 2023. "The key word for working in Antarctica is ...

Jonny Huntington has begun his challenge of skiing 566 miles (911km) of Antarctic tundra. George Clarke will staff the most southerly post office in the world, living among a penguin colony.