The research vessel Sikuliaq will journey to the South Pole this year to conduct research in Antarctica for the first time in ...

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.

Over the holidays, a team of researchers, including one from Minnesota, is hard at work in Antarctica. The scientists are ...

On Dec. 27, 1984, a Mars meteorite was found in Antarctica. The meteorite, known as Allan Hills 84001, was found in Allan ...

Froger Silva’s journey is part of a larger initiative led by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Oldest Ice Exploration, which collaborates with over a dozen institutions across the ...

For more than three decades, a single orange-hulled icebreaker carried much of the United States’ scientific ambition into Antarctic waters. The RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, a 308‑foot research vessel, ...

President Donald Trump is driving climate researchers literally to the ends of the Earth as they try to save their ...

NASA's first scientific balloon flight of the 2025 Antarctica Balloon Campaign lifted off from the agency's Antarctic facility at 5:30 a.m. NZST Tuesday, Dec. 16 (11:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15 U.S.

This remote store stocks candy and other snacks, but there's not a freezer in sight. Funnily enough, frozen food isn't sought-after ... but booze is.

A mysterious cosmic blast 1.3 billion light-years away has left scientists stunned. What began as a familiar stellar event ...

An international team has set up a remote camp on the ice 700 km from the nearest base (New Zealand’s Scott Base) to attempt to drill for mud and rocks holding critical insights about the fate of the ...