Scientists used radar to find hidden layers under Antarctica’s ice, revealing ancient sediments, buried landscapes, and warm ...

Scientists have uncovered human remains beneath the Antarctic ice, a discovery that has the potential to reshape our ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

Pink granite boulders scattered across the dark volcanic peaks of the Hudson Mountains in West Antarctica, have revealed the ...

Nearly 600 years ago, a massive volcanic eruption sent clouds of sulfurous gas and ash high into the atmosphere. The blast ...

In the far reaches of Antarctica, a discovery on Seymour Island has jolted paleontology: a giant, soft-shelled egg from the ...

After decades of secrecy, Operation Highjump, lost Nazi technology, and the Antarctic Treaty still raise more questions than ...

A researcher believes he's cracked the mystery behind the sinking of Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary ship Endurance. Part of one of the most famous Antarctic expeditions in history, Endurance set ...

Antarctica sits on a hotbed of methane gas. The cracks erupting in its seafloor are causing it to burst out and rise to the ...

For now, the reasons behind Shackleton's decision to sail Endurance into the Antarctic ice pack remain a mystery. "We can speculate about financial pressures or time constraints, but the truth is we ...

The new-and-improved Maitri II is said to have better working and living conditions for researchers, who spend much of the ...