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.

Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth but is not a country. Russia, with Siberian villages like Oymyakon, holds the title ...

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 ...

Indian mountaineer Kavita Chand from Uttarakhand successfully summited Mount Vinson, Antarctica's highest peak, as part of ...

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

An international scientific mission has begun drilling deep beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet in a bid to uncover ancient ...

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

Antarctica’s key glaciers are melting faster as underwater storms churn warm water upward. New research reveals surprising short-term forces driving the loss, raising fresh questions about how quickly ...

Storms over the Southern Ocean help the ocean absorb more heat. Climate models may miss this, which affects future climate ...