The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, show that during the last ice age—about 18,000 to 20,000 years ...

The southernmost continent of Earth is known as Antarctica. Surrounded by the Southern Ocean on all sides, it is located in the far Southern Hemisphere. The South Pole, which is also located in ...

The successful, five-strong team includes a mountaineer, a countryside ranger and a tour operator The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is delighted to reveal the new Port Lockroy ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS ... much thicker — its blanket of frozen water is 15 times as thick as the United Kingdom’s tallest skyscraper is in height, per a statement from BAS ...

In addition to other goals, stations serve as a means to reinforce a country’s position on sovereignty in Antarctica. As you can see in Figure 2, Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, ...

The algae that grows on patches of ice in Antarctica alters the albedo — or the ice's reflectivity — enough to make the ...

The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is delighted to reveal details of the quintet who will live and work at Port Lockroy on a remote island off the Antarctic Peninsula during the ...

The United Kingdom controlled the islands until 1947 ... to South Africa and Australia and about 1,000 miles north of Antarctica. Trump celebrates first 100 days with campaign-style rally in ...