When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away ...

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation ...

In 1739, long before anyone reached Antarctica, Philippe Buache published a map that appeared to show the continent without its ice. The map even split the landmass with a central sea, a feature some ...

Flat Earth theories have circulated for years, but a recent post adds another element to the theory – a claim that the world is surrounded by an ice wall. An Oct. 29 Instagram post includes a photo of ...

There are fewer ice nuclei in the air above the large ice surfaces of Antarctica than anywhere else in the world. This is the ...

When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach -40°C or lower in the interior, with the lowest ever temperature on Earth ...

Dr Kate Winter has led a research paper which has found that newly exposed mountain peaks could significantly increase the ...

Maps of Antarctica date back to when Roman geographer and astronomer Ptolemy envisioned a land in the southern hemisphere to counterbalance that in the north to satisfy an ancient sense of proportion.

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H ONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - When polar explorer Robert Swan leads his Ice Station Expedition to Antarctica in December, Big ...

Thom Gilligan, Antarctica Marathon race director, said he knows the draw of the last continent. "To race in Antarctica is a goal of many runners. On average we have participants from more than 20 ...