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

Over the holidays, a team of researchers, including one from Minnesota, is hard at work in Antarctica. The scientists are ...

The Araon (pronounced “ah rah own”) is roughly 360 feet long and can break through a meter of flat ice at a speed of three ...

A team led by Anna Wahlin, a professor of oceanographic physics at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, made a remarkable ...

Often considered the strongest meteor shower of the year, the Geminids produce numerous colorful meteors every hour. During ...

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.

An autonomous submarine exploring the remote waters beneath the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica has discovered strange and ...

From a 12-day trip to the icy Arctic to a river cruise of the Amazon, Marc Shoffman has your guide to the most exciting ...

Nasa astronaut Don Pettit has captured a breathtaking view from space, blending vibrant auroras and glowing city lights with ...

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

A University of Minnesota employee spent Christmas with a team drilling for ice in Antarctica. Ashley Grams takes us to their ...

Travel to the end of the earth — as Ushuaia, Argentina, is called. Then travel beyond it, to the islands, coves and research stations of Antarctica, a remote and mysterious land experienced by only a ...