Antarctica is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined, yet no one owns it. But that doesn’t mean it’s free for the taking. The 1959 Antarctic Treaty forbids claiming land there, but 7 ...

Ask people to name the coldest country in the world, and the answer almost instinctively given is Antarctica. The confusion ...

Last week, Chilean President Gabriel Boric became the first Latin American leader to visit the South Pole. Boric traveled from Punta Arenas, his home region at the southern tip of Chile, to Chile’s ...

Bone-chilling winters, inhabited towns, and lives built around survival — a closer look at a place where minus degrees are part of everyday living.

March is the month of the famous carnivals in South America. However, the month also signifies the end of the Antarctic summer campaigns. Argentina and Chile are two of the seven countries that claim ...

In October this year, India announced its intention to build Maitri II, the country’s newest research station in Antarctica ...

Chinese lawmakers are reviewing a draft law related to environmental protection activities in Antarctica, as the nation ...

Antarctica faces abrupt, irreversible climate changes as warming nears 1.5 °C, threatening ice, oceans, ecosystems, and ...

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