Although much of Antarctica has been chartered and collected in maps by different countries this latest edition to be finished at the end of this year has been described “as the most complete so ...

It was one of the most famous expeditions in history. No single country owns Antarctica. Instead many countries work together to protect Antarctica. Image caption, A research base in Antarctica.

working back in time from the present-day topography as reconstructed by the Bedrock Map of Antarctica (BEDMAP) project 8. They used geophysical models, validated against the geological record ...

Scientists from the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration warn of a "grim outlook" for the Thwaites Glacier, also ...

The first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica will help scientists to track future sea-level increases, according to the team behind the project. NASA-funded ...

A crevasse measuring a few thousand feet from an altitude of 1,500 ft., during a November ... strip-mining mountains. Antarctica, however, was more or less out of reach. No more.

As a six-year investigation into the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica wraps up, the scientists involved are pessimistic for the ...

See Antarctica photos submitted to National Geographic by users like you. 1 of 35 This photo was submitted to Your Shot, our photo community on Instagram. Follow us on Instagram at @natgeoyourshot ...

My colleague Charlotte Walshaw from the University of Edinburgh was the lead scientist of the recent research mapping ...

The seed was left here by tourists several years ago, who came to see the wonders of the last remaining wilderness on planet Earth: Antarctica. Life is changing. Warmer temperatures are melting ...

Greenland ice melt 'is accelerating' Study underpins key idea in Antarctic ice loss Antarctic instability 'is spreading' The new map, called BedMachine Antarctica, shows, for example, previously ...