Antarctica isn’t closed to the world, but it is heavily restricted. Extreme weather, isolation, lack of infrastructure, and environmental protection laws make travel dangerous and tightly controlled.

A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s ...

A submarine was exploring underwater structures in Antarctica when it mysteriously went missing without explanation ...

Unmanned submarine Ran mapped Antarctica's Dotson Ice Shelf on 14 successful missions before vanishing on an extended ...

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

Antarctica holds so much frozen water that if it vanished overnight, the shape of the planet’s coasts, climate and oceans ...

A team of CSIRO scientists is gearing up for a 56-day journey to uncover the secrets of a previously unexplored part of ...

Expedition cruises, which often take travelers to off-the-beaten-path destinations such as Antarctica and the Arctic, also ...

New research shows that warm ocean currents triggered a rapid collapse of part of East Antarctica’s ice sheet 9,000 years ago, offering clues about future sea level rise.

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...

At 10 a.m. on Saturday, the crew pulled up the gangplank and took in the mooring lines, and soon the Araon was steaming out ...

NASA's first scientific balloon flight of the 2025 Antarctica Balloon Campaign lifted off from the agency's Antarctic facility at 5:30 a.m. NZST Tuesday, Dec. 16 (11:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15 U.S.