An American teenager attempting a historic solo flight around the world to raise awareness for childhood cancer was detained ...

The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by ...

A 19-year-old pilot from the United States has been detained on an Antarctic island and charged by Chilean authorities, who say his flight to the frozen continent was unauthorized.

Nowhere on Earth is safe from the world's most twisted minds. From the icy isolation of Antarctica to the bustling cities of ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...

Antarctica is a harsh continent, which in both history and fiction can trigger disturbing behavior and even madness.

Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there's plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains ...

The unexploded ordnance beneath one of Antarctica’s many penguin colonies probably poses no risk to humans working nearby. While this may seem like a crazy sentence to write, it accurately reflects ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

(THE CONVERSATION) As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back ...