Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

How much do you really know about the coldest place in the world? Expand your knowledge of Antarctica with these surprising ...

We had the Falklands and South Georgia to ourselves, and we really only encountered other ships on two of the days we were in ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great ...

Antarctica's Blood Falls, a rusty red cascade from Taylor Glacier, has baffled scientists since 1911. Recent high-resolution ...

Antarctica is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined, yet no one owns it. But that doesn’t mean it’s free for the taking. The 1959 Antarctic Treaty forbids claiming land there, but 7 ...

If a cruise to Antarctica is on a traveler’s bucket list, they’ll likely need to cross the notoriously treacherous Drake Passage first.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Antarctica is the remotest part of the world, but it is a hub of scientific discovery, ...

The New York Times is on an expedition to study Antarctica’s fastest-thinning glaciers. CreditCredit...Chang W. Lee/The New York Times For much of January and February, Raymond Zhong, a New York Times ...