"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

Record attempts, ambitious crossings, medical evacuations, and broken bindings — we recap how it all went down in Antarctica ...

Satellite data from early 2025 revealed extensive melting at Antarctica’s Amery Ice Shelf, highlighting its vulnerability. As ...

Chicago is also colder than North Pole, Alaska, where highs are in the mid-20s. A cold weather advisory is in effect until ...

Icebergs float in Antarctic waters. Packing lists for people going to Antarctica tend to be gear-heavy, with a need for weatherproof clothing as well as gadgets that can make your trip more enjoyable.

Because ice shelves in Antarctica permanently extend well beyond the landmass itself, a full crossing begins and ends at the open ocean via the South Pole. An inland crossing, on the other hand ...

Antarctica has a wild, rich, and relatively recent history. Learning about it beforehand will not only entertain you, but enhance and improve your trip. Going to Antarctica? Amazing. It’s the ...

Most Antarctic skiers reached the South Pole this week. Only two remain out there, including Youngmi Kim, who has a few km to ...

Meltwater has been observed atop the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica, as evidenced by recent imagery obtained from the ...

Distant view on an Antarctic ice shelf. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the May 22, 2015, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Bert Wouters at the University of ...

Predominantly desert, the continent would gain a new inland sea—but it would lose much of the narrow coastal strip where four out of five Australians now live. East Antarctica: The East ...