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

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

Discover why Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth, with an average annual precipitation of just 50 millimetres.

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

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

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

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

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

Storyline: Despite being many miles from home in one of the world’s most inhospitable environments, China’s 41st Antarctic ...

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

A pilot has deconstructed the mystery around why airplanes avoid flights over Antartica – and the reasoning may surprise you.

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