"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

An inside look at the HX Nansen, including its science program, zodiac excursions, and amenities, like its ocean-view sauna.

A pair of researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada, working with a colleague from the Scripps Institution of ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

At the heart of the discussion on Antarctic governance is a critical question: how do we design a system that adapts in real-time to emerging crises, rather than one that is reactive and must ...

Nick Busca breaks down what he’ll use to run a marathon in the unique, otherworldly conditions of the least-inhabited ...

South African officials say a member of a research team at an isolated Antarctica base has been put under psychological ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

A rare all-black gentoo penguin has been spotted on Rongé Island, Antarctica. Gentoos typically sport the more traditional ...

A member of a South African research team at an isolated Antarctica base was put under psychological evaluation there after ...