In recent years, it has become painfully evident that Earth is losing ice. Greenland's ice is shrinking, at a rate of 270 ...
An expert has revealed why a volcano in Antarctica is spewing out gold dust ... Rising from the snow and ice up to 12,448ft on the Ross Island near the McMurdo Staion, it is one of eight ...
towering over the McMurdo research base on Ross Island. Erebus holds the distinction of being the most famous peak in ...
This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...