Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

Guests were crossing the Drake Passage at the time, a notoriously treacherous waterway between Antarctica and South America.

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

Iran’s president has fired one of his deputies for taking what he described as a “lavish” recreational trip to Antarctica.

The Trump administration has placed a 10 percent “ reciprocal tariff ” on the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are external ...

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

NBC’s Chase Cain reports from Antarctica, where melting ice is accelerating sea level rise and disrupting global weather ...

Antarctica’s summer sea ice has dropped to one of its lowest extents ever recorded, shrinking to levels 30% below the ...

Once thought a block of worthless ice, this continent is in fact incredibly valuable and plays a key role in stabilizing ...

The Scenic Eclipse is one of only a few Antarctic vessels to carry a submarine. The submarine—the Scenic Neptune —can carry ...