Antarctica

Hektoria Glacier, October 2022. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The rapid loss of Hektoria Glacier’s grounded ice is visible in these images acquired in October 2022 (upper) and March 2024 (lower) with the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat…

Antarctica's sea ice started shrinking dramatically in 2015 after resisting global warming for decades, and researchers now know why. A study published May 8 in the journal Science Advances reveals that Antarctic sea ice succumbed to strong winds that disturbed the Southern Ocean's layers, replacing cold and relatively fresh surface…

QUICK FACTS Name: Don Juan Pond Location: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica Coordinates: -77.5625, 161.1915 Why it's incredible: The lake's high salinity keeps it from freezing even in subzero temperatures. Don Juan Pond is a lake in Antarctica's extremely cold McMurdo Dry Valleys region that has a salinity above 40%, making…

Scientists have uncovered a hidden process beneath Antarctica that could make future sea level rise much worse than expected. Credit: Shutterstock Hidden warm-water traps beneath Antarctica may be melting the continent’s ice far faster than scientists realized. Global sea levels could rise faster than scientists once predicted, according to new…

One of the most striking images in David Attenborough’s Ocean, his defining 2025 documentary, is of supertrawlers dragging vast krill nets through a pod of feeding humpback whales off Antarctica. For most viewers, it will have been the moment a distant and invisible crisis became viscerally real...Read More

Remote expedition cruises to places like Antarctica and the Arctic are booming as affluent travelers increasingly seek out isolated, experience-driven destinations far from traditional tourism infrastructure. The global cruise industry serviced a record 37.2 million passengers in 2025, up 7.5% from 2024, according to Cruise Lines International Association, with passenger…

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Home Hollywood Updates Met Gala 2026: Priyanka Chopra Jonas may SKIP fashion's biggest night this year? Here's why Met Gala 2026: Priyanka Chopra is likely to skip this year's event as she is busy shooting Varanasi in Antarctica, ending her popular first Monday of May tradition. Met Gala 2026: For…

This summer, the vast Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica had so much meltwater running down its face, it looked like it was weeping. Dr Yixi Zheng, a climate scientist at the British Antarctic Survey, describes standing on board the South Korean icebreaker Araon in the Amundsen Sea, looking at the Thwaites…

If you’ve been putting off a proper photography sabbatical, Antarctica is a good reason to finally book that trip. Not for the wildlife or the bragging rights, but for the light (specifically the blue hour) which is unlike anything you’ll find anywhere else. When you need a burst of inspiration…