For Antarctic veterans and novices alike, the first sighting of an iceberg on an expedition stays “closest to your heart.” ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

Antarctica is known for being a rather inhospitable place, what with its extreme cold, violent winds, and low levels of water – it is technically a desert. Much of continent also sits at high altitude ...

An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will ...

A colossal iceberg, the largest on Earth, has broken free from Antarctica and is now drifting toward the Atlantic Ocean. This massive ice structure, comparable to a small country, is on a fast-moving ...

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

Nature likes to show off, and it has a way of sculpting ice into jaw-dropping masterpieces. These glaciers look like ...

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and ...

Ocean Scientist Sean McLoughlin from from Clogher, Portnoo is working on one of the most important climate studies on earth.

Antarctica, one of the most remote places on Earth, teems with life. For tourists who make it this far south, the experience gives them a chance to see what is at stake as the planet warms ...

A catastrophic breeding failure has occurred at Coulman Island, the largest emperor penguin colony in Antarctica's Ross Sea, ...

King Charles III has given a shiny new Royal Mail post box as a special gift to people working at a remote Antarctic research station. The post box was sent to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ...