Antarctica

The body of a French Polar Institute diver who went missing earlier this month during a dive below the ice in Antarctica off the Dumon d’Urville research station in Adelie Land has been recovered, according to the institute. Safety protocols had been followed during the dive on January 13th, but…

new video loaded: Setting Foot on the Melting Thwaites Glacier Bad weather ​delayed expedition scientists’​ ​efforts to set up camp on Thwaites Glacier ​in Antarctica ​and take measurements ​to determine how quickly it is melting. After the skies cleared, our journalists​, Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee​, took us along…

Nicole Kidman has gone on a "once in a lifetime" trip to Antarctica following her divorce from Keith Urban. Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, the Australian actress posted a slideshow of photos from a recent trip to the southernmost continent. In one snap, Nicole is seen posing with her and…

Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth – a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea. This hidden ocean matters because it is the ice sheet’s Achilles heel. The ice sheet is the continent’s enormous, kilometres-thick mass of land-based…

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There are areas on Earth that are less understood than the surfaces of some worlds in our Solar System. Antarctica’s landscape beneath its immense ice sheet is one of them. Hidden from view, this buried terrain still holds many secrets and revealing them could significantly improve our understanding of ice…

In 2027, triathlon history will be made with the inaugural extreme triathlon in Antarctica. Dubbed A100, the event will bring together 50 elite athletes from around the globe to challenge themselves in one of the harshest environments on Earth. The race is scheduled from February 27 to March 8 on…

This week has been particularly tragic for French divers, with one going missing in a cave in France and another going missing at a French research station on the coast of Antarctica. A French Polar Institute diver went missing during a dive below the ice in Antarctica off the Dumon…

True-color satellite image of Earth centred on the South Pole with cloud coverage, during winter solstice at 12 a.m GMT. This image in orthographic projection was compiled from data acquired by the Landsat 5 & 7 satellites. (Image credit: Planet Observer/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) One of the least-mapped…