Everyone knows Antarctica is cold and icy, but what's underneath the ice has been a mystery. Scientists used six decades' ...

Many of us perceive Antarctica as a distant and mysterious corner of the world. The coldest and most wind-swept region on ...

Far from staying away from the game, a five-month chess championship took place between Soviet explorers in Antarctica in ...

One of the most unknown places on Earth is Antarctica. A place that has been analyzed in recent decades and still holds many ...

An inside look at the HX 'Nansen,' including its science program, zodiac excursions, and amenities, like its ocean-view sauna ...

Iceberg A-84 broke off from Antarctica and revealed a thriving community of sea creatures underneath. Now, researchers are ...

One of them is a madman — accused of violently beating, threatening and sexually harassed at least two of his teammates.

Most Antarctic trips explore the western peninsula departing from South America for about 10 days. This is the most beautiful ...

Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed map yet" of Antarctica's landscape beneath its blanket of ice, a ...

A new map released this week gives us a clear view of the continent as if its massive sheet of ice has been removed.

It’s the kind of event that when it happens, you leave whatever you’re doing,” said Patricia Esquete, the expedition’s chief scientist.

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...