In one of the most remote and forbidding places on Earth, scientists have made a discovery that’s stirring curiosity far ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

Antarctica’s vast ice sheet conceals a world of mysteries, from ancient river-carved landscapes to unexplained radio pulses. Cover Images/Zuma Press/dpa Mountains, sub-glacial lakes, hidden valleys, ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

Antarctica’s underside isn’t smooth at all—it’s carved with ridges, terraces and teardrops hundreds of metres long. Fresh maps from a robot sub show how the ocean ... Continue Reading → ...

Once powerful allies in the fight against climate change, microscopic algae hidden beneath Antarctic sea ice are now fading — ...

The icy world of Antarctica might not be enticing to us, but it's bustling with microscopic life. Scientists recently got a ...

How did they come to be? Typically, a mountain range will rise in places where two tectonic plates clash with each other. But East Antarctica has been tectonically stable for millions of years.

In the remote and hostile realm of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, powerful winds known as low-level jets (LLJs) race over its coastal regions, including both the Thwaites and Pine Island ...

Beneath the great, white expanse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, a mysterious realm of streams and lakes lies out of sight. Much about this hidden water world remains poorly understood. But a new study ...

After decades of secrecy, Operation Highjump, lost Nazi technology, and the Antarctic Treaty still raise more questions than answers. Was America racing against Soviet ambitions, or chasing shadows of ...