Antarctica

January 6, 2026 1 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Antarctica’s New Year’s celebration is unlike any other: every January 1 scientists physically move the South Pole. This is why By Andrea Thompson edited by Claire Cameron Flags mark the ceremonial South Pole. Galen Rowell/Getty Images Join Our…

The ice that now covers West Antarctica was not there 3.6 million years ago, after a massive collapse of the ice sheet during a warming period. (Image credit: Anna Ruth Halberstadt / CC BY-NC-ND) Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered…

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Matthieu Tordeur, Heïdi Sevestre and the bust of Vladimir Lenin at the southern pole of inaccessibility, Antarctica Heïdi Sevestre/Matthieu Tordeur In the endless white expanse, a small mound broke the horizon. As explorer Matthieu Tordeur and glaciologist Heïdi Sevestre skied towards it, they saw a golden head emerging from the…

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Unmanned submarine Ran mapped Antarctica's Dotson Ice Shelf on 14 successful missions before vanishing on an extended expedition in 2022 For centuries, the enigmatic and captivating Antarctica has been a magnet for adventurers, explorers, and scientists. Each year, experts journey to this icy wilderness to understand its transformations and their…

A determined Kenyan woman, Chemutai Mogher, has successfully travelled to all seven continents, including Antarctica, using her Kenyan passport Born and raised in rural Kenya, Chemutai defied common travel limitations associated with African passports to achieve a global milestone She shared her inspiring journey in an interview with TUKO.co.ke, describing…

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ice sheet is shaped like a hitchhiker’s thumb – an apt metaphor, because the West Antarctic ice…

NASA's new science balloon launched from Antarctica. (Image credit: NASA/Andy Hamilton) Before a space telescope ever reaches orbit, and long after satellites are up there, NASA has another way to do frontier science: high-altitude scientific balloons. These balloons can loft instruments to roughly 120,000 feet (about 36.6 kilometers) — high…

(Image credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Besides long hair and leather jackets, nothing is more tied to heavy metal’s image than a wall of Marshall stacks. Kiss, Judas Priest, Metallica – and everyone in between – adopted the prop at some point, using it to symbolize what heavy metal stands for.…