In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew set sail on a journey to Antarctica. Their mission? To become the first people to ever cross the entire continent, which is roughly 1.3 times ...

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

Scientists have mapped Antarctica’s ice-free ecosystems, highlighting their biodiversity and growing climate threats.

Rising Sea Levels When you think about the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, you're really looking at the biggest ...

While warming temperatures are driving a widespread loss of ice shelves, major calving events have not increased in frequency ...

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

Condé Nast Traveler’s Matthew Buck is in Antarctica to see what life is like on the most remote continent on Earth. A stay in ...

A 2018 study suggested that people working in Antarctica over the winter enter a state of “psychological hibernation,” marked ...

That will solve this once and for all,” Will Duffy said. “We need to go to Antarctica. I need to take a flat-Earther or two ...

Reading up on Antarctica's natural history and golden age of exploration can make your trip more entertaining and educational ...

Now that I was finally here among glaciers as big as warehouses, colonies of penguins and curious whales, I could see why so many lines have entered the expedition sector.

Record attempts, ambitious crossings, medical evacuations, and broken bindings — we recap how it all went down in Antarctica ...