For most of us, Antarctica is a frozen white desert that is mysterious, remote and almost unfathomably cold. However, a ...

Far beneath the creaking surface of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, scientists have uncovered a granite body roughly 60 miles ...

The research has revealed hidden hills, alpine-style valleys, eroded troughs, flat lowlands and high-relief terrain that were ...

The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute says that its own diesel-electric research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov has set sail from St. Petersburg for the Antarctica. The research vessel will deliver ...

A four-year record from the heart of the Ross Ice Shelf shows how subtle changes could shape future sea level rise, ocean ...

The geological evidence present so far suggests that the continent before 34 million years was ice-free and that the newly ...

The list of positions includes chefs, plumbers, carpenters, and plumbers, as well as plant operators, boating officers and ...

A team of scientists has overcome a major challenge in predicting how Antarctic life will fare under future climate scenarios ...

New Antarctica map reveals a landscape of hidden valleys and channels beneath ice, improving sea-level rise and ice flow ...

Picture Antarctica not as a smooth, frozen plain, but as a rugged world of mountains, valleys, and deep channels buried beneath kilometers of ice. That unseen landscape is now coming into focus.

Scientists have produced the most detailed map yet of the terrain beneath Antarctica's ice sheet, revealing a spectacular ...

Up to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago.