Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications ...

Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level ...

An Antarctic glacier has experienced a rapid retreat 10 times faster than previously measured, according to new research.

Antarctic scientists have documented the fastest retreat of a glacier in modern history, after it lost eight kilometres of ...

Antarctica is a bucket-list destination for many travelers. And as one of the most remote places on Earth, it’s not easy to visit. That’s why it’s vital to travel with a tour company that knows how to ...

Scientists used radar to find hidden layers under Antarctica’s ice, revealing ancient sediments, buried landscapes, and warm ...

Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than the other continents—a great sheet of ice set in contrast to the dark waters of the encircling Southern Ocean. Get closer, though, and you’ll ...

At the edge of East Antarctica, where the wind howls through a white emptiness and the air bites harder than steel, ...

As the map shows, the naked land beneath the Antarctic ice sheet is a rugged land, covered in mountain ranges, gorges, and jagged terrain. Remarkably, one part of the bed found under the Byrd Glacier ...

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...

Jonathan Mutch is a helicopter pilot in Antarctica with the tour company Quark Expeditions. Flightseeing is included in select Antarctic itineraries, which cost up to $26,000 per person. Only highly ...