Is this visitor to Antarctica going crazy or having a good time? Tim Bieber/Photodisc via Getty Images As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those ...

It may be the middle of summer here, but it is the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere. Temperatures on the East Antarctica Plateau, a giant ice shelf with an average elevation of 11,000 feet, ...

Antarctica's winter sea ice has hit its third-lowest peak in nearly half a century of satellite monitoring, researchers said Tuesday, highlighting the growing influence of climate change on the planet ...

Sydney (Reuters) — New Zealand’s air force said on Wednesday it had evacuated three people from a United States research base in Antarctica, in what it said was a high-risk operation in freezing ...

A new study shows that the Southern Ocean releases far more carbon dioxide in winter than once thought. By combining laser ...

A 15-day voyage takes in the Southern Ocean in all its glory, visiting South Georgia, the Sandwich Islands, Elephant Island – ...

Living in Antarctic isolation reshapes speech fast - shifting vowels, aligning accents, and creating new slang within months.

A heroic effort by the Royal New Zealand Air Force gained headlines this week by aiding a US evacuation. The air force evacuated three people from a US research base in Antarctica in a high-risk ...

As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the ...

Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the western Antarctic peninsula in 2016 - Copyright AFP/File EITAN ABRAMOVICH Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the ...