Navigating snow drifts, social isolation and elephant seals, sci-fi-inspired architect Hugh Broughton is reshaping life at ...

The island had only been marked as a vague “danger zone” before scientists aboard an icebreaker got close enough to map it.

Deep in East Antarctica, scientists have recovered ice containing tiny pockets of air that remained sealed foraround 6 ...

Scientists uncover how a flat seabed triggered Hektoria Glacier’s record collapse, offering new warnings for Antarctica’s ice ...

Antarctica is well-known as the Earth’s most extreme outpost — it’s freezing, lonely, and mysterious. In winter, temperatures ...

Visitors in November can expect temperatures between a low of 25 degrees to a high of 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The warmest ...

Comprising 11 major islands, this icy archipelago is filled with spectacular landscapes, wildlife and ruins left by humans.

For decades, it seemed Antarctica might be insulated from rapid ice melting, but then sea ice began to decline dramatically. Scientists say they have figured out why ...

Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism are topping the agenda at talks on Antarctica in Japan.

A study found that channels beneath ice sheets could trap warm water and accelerate the ice’s deterioration.

A freezing streetcar ride in 1902 inspired Mary Anderson to invent the windscreen wiper. Despite her practical design, market indifference and the nascent automobile industry meant her patent expired ...

Two new studies that relied on data from a fleet of diving robots show how climate change is altering ocean movements in ways that jeapordize the stability of the polar ice cap ...