A highly pathogenic strain of bird flu is spreading south along the Antarctic Peninsula and could devastate populations of ...

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

Step out on the sea ice just outside New Zealand’s Scott Base with researchers studying the physics of its annual cycle.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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