Antarctica

Home News Lifes-little-mysteries Polar bears evolved in the Northern Hemisphere and adapted to an ice-rich environment. (Image credit: Paul Souders via Getty Images) The Arctic and Antarctica, while similar habitats in some ways, are home to very different creatures. Both poles host a variety of seal and whale species, but…

Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average. Weather stations in Antarctica shattered records Friday as the region neared autumn. The…

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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Earth's poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average. Weather stations in Antarctica shattered records Friday as the…

The wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, has been found in the icy waters off Antarctica. In August of last year, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust announced an expedition to find the Endurance’s final resting place. One hundred years after Shackleton’s death, Endurance was found at a depth of…

SHIPWRECKED SALVATION 14:50, 10 Mar 2022Updated: 16:53, 10 Mar 2022EXPLORER Ernest Shackleton set afoot his Endurance vessel and commenced a voyage in December of 1914. Although Shackleton made it back the next year, the Endurance ship did not and it presumably sunk near Antarctica, but it was eventually found over…

Home News Here, the taffrail and wheel of what is likely Shackleton's lost ice ship, the Endurance. (Image credit: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic)The wreck of the steam-yacht Endurance, which famously sank in 1915 during an Antarctic expedition by the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, has been rediscovered by…

The legendary lost ship Endurance was found — in remarkably good condition — 10,000 feet underwater off the Antarctic Coast, where it sank in 1915, National Geographic announced this morning. Why it matters: This is one of history's most famous shipwrecks. Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, trying to reach the…

Explorer Ernest Shackleton’s polar expedition ended abruptly in 1915 when his ship Endurance froze and sank in a field of ice in the Weddell Sea off the coast of Antarctica. For more than a hundred years, explorers have searched for the vessel, assuming whatever they eventually found would be mostly…

Photo: Matt Berger (Shutterstock) Over the past few years, a trip to Antarctica has gone from “rare and treacherous expedition” to “mainstream vacation.” However, as numerous sources have pointed out—see this New York Times report, or this 2014 John Oliver segment—the rise in tourism to Antarctica is a serious threat…