In a recent discovery, scientists found that the highest active volcano in Antarctica is emitting gold particles along with volcanic gases. Mount Erebus which is still volcanically active was ...

George Steinmetz was drawn to Mount Erebus, in Antarctica, by the ice. The volcano constantly sputters hot gas and lava, sculpting surreal caves and towers that the photographer had read about and ...

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...

and snow in search of thermophilic bacteria on the volcanic slopes of Mount Erebus, the world's most southerly active volcano. Erebus rises some 3,660 meters from Ross Island, in the icy oceans near ...

Mount Erebus in Antarctica is the most southerly active volcano in the world. It began to form around 1.3 million years ago. Some animals have adapted to the freezing conditions in Antarctica.