Some 19 projects dealing with wide range of topics, mostly focused on climate change’s impact on aquatic life, have been ...

This ice cave was one stemming from the tongue of a glacier flowing from Mount Erebus, one of the most powerful volcanoes of ...

Peter Fretwell, mapping specialist and co-author at BAS, said it had become clear that the Antarctic Ice Sheet is thicker ...

The British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI continue to support the British Antarctic Survey following a reconnaissance ...

“If you look on nautical charts, it calls this island Bombay Island after this boat,” Lockton said of the remains of an old ...

After more than two months in Antarctic waters, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and its crew departed the ...

Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These ...

Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising ...

As they embarked on the Drake Passage, Xavier — who had explored the wonders Antarctica offers once before — recalled the ...

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend ...

The British Antarctic Survey used data collected over six decades by planes, satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds to create a detailed map of the continent.