Scientists are pushing the limits of research in the Polar regions, where the extreme cold, high winds and months of darkness ...

China's intensifying interest in the Arctic has aroused concerns in the US, which has been monitoring the progress of five ...

A new study published in Nature reveals 'evidence for rapid, interacting and sometimes self-perpetuating changes in the ...

The decommissioning would leave the United States with no icebreaker to study the southern seas and cede scientific ...

Antarctic sea ice has been melting rapidly, and this, in addition to being a scientific concern, has become a concrete threat ...

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents — a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll ...

Dignitaries at a steel-cutting ceremony in Finland have marked the start of work on a new Canadian icebreaker to be named the ...

Experts say this pause shouldn’t be mistaken for recovery, as Arctic sea ice coverage is still much lower than it was in the ...

Seabourn already takes guests on expedition cruises to the icy wilds of the Arctic and Antarctica. A new itinerary will combine both into one voyage.

New research warns Antarctic sea ice loss could prompt irreversible climate shifts – raising sea levels and reshaping ...

A new study warns that irreversible changes happening in Antarctica, which are caused by climate change, could cause global oceans to rise by meters.