Darren Edwards knows a lot about hopelessness; one minute, he was rock climbing in North Wales about to finish his route, and ...

As I embarked the Seabourn Venture in Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world, I knew my mission to play golf ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

The Antarctic 'alien' was spotted by a social media user looking at satellite imagery of the area, with some speculating it ...

Schalau returned to Fargo last fall after spending a year cooking for a research station at the South Pole. Before he headed south in September 2023, Schalau was a cook at Luna for two years. Upon his ...

Researchers unveil a new map and classification system that will help protect the unique plants and animals of Earth's most remote and fragile continent.

Clegg Industries, founded by John and Judy Clegg, has conquered yet another continent after a recent trip to the icy tundra of Antarctica. Down near the South Pole, Clegg and ...

A pilot explained why commercial planes don't fly over Antarctica, the fifth largest continent on Earth. There's a lot of ...

The competition challenged students to create a unique "Perins flag" to be sent to Antarctica, and now their efforts have ...

Antarctica’s eerie Blood Falls puzzled scientists worldwide. Was it a frozen crime scene, ancient bacteria, or something even ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

A researcher at UNCW is gearing up for a trip spanning more than 8,000 miles.  Dr. Jake Warner with the university’s marine ...