Antarctica

Off our bow, sharp-etched in the summer sunlight of January, towers a wild gaunt island of black cliffs and glacier-cloaked mountains. Icebergs drift all around us, a stark white fleet riding an ink-blue sea.  Across half the horizon, south and east, marches a jagged succession of snow peaks. They seem only a few miles off,…

A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows that changes in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) closely followed shifts in marine algae growth in the Southern Ocean during past glacial cycles. However, the relationship unfolded in a surprising way that challenges long-standing assumptions. At the center of the discovery…

Image of the Day for February 3, 2026 Icebreakers play a critical role in delivering supplies to America's largest research base in Antarctica. Feb 03, 2026 View more Images of the Day: 'Tis the season for long and ruler-straight cracks in McMurdo Sound's sea ice. Though natural breaks in sea…

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…