A lucky group of scientists were able to explore a never-before-seen part of the Antarctic after an ice shelf broke, revealing newly exposed seafloor and a previously inaccessible ecosystem ...

The water froze the instant the wave broke through the ice. That's what it is like in Antarctica. Water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of the water is ...

On geological timescales, the ice sheet extended up to, or very close to, the continental shelf edge in the eastern Amundsen Sea at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 23,000–19,000 years ago), and ...