Think about this for a second. What if you could witness something almost no one else gets to see? Antarctica in winter is one of the most extreme, most otherworldly experiences on the planet. I'm not ...

The past couple of years in Antarctica have been a rough and tumble affair of erratic climate change with record-high temperatures and totally unexpected ice shelf collapse. The continent is starting ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – This has been the busiest summer in history for Antarctic expeditions, with dozens of skiers reaching the end of the Earth to mark the centennial of man’s first journey ...

The fall climbing season has ended in the Himalayas, home to the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains in the world. While some ambitious mountaineers will attempt winter climbs on ...

Scientists from the Scripps Polar Center at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are undertaking groundbreaking field research in Antarctica this season. The onset of the Antarctic ...

During the Northern Hemisphere’s winter, a summer of a sort comes to the great white continent of Antarctica, bringing 24-hour-a-day sunshine and a brief, spongy softening of the coastal pack ice.

The Antarctic winter sea ice maximum is on track to be the second lowest on record, at 17.15 million square km² (6.62 million mi²), close to the 2023 record low of 16.96 million km² (6.55 million mi²) ...

For better or for worse, the 2023-2024 travel season was a banner year for tourism in Antarctica. While IAATO, Antarctica’s association of tour operators and the continent’s de facto tourism authority ...