Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, and one of only two in Antarctica. Its summit is 12448 feet. The volcano was discovered and named by Sir. James Clark Ross in January of 1841.

It turns out that Mount Erebus spews a fortune in gold across Antarctica — $2.1 million worth of it per year, according to reports. You’d struggle to pan it out of the Antarctic snow, though. Tiny ...

Antarctica, which is home to hundreds of active volcanoes, has one on the continent that spews real gold dust with a monetary value. Mount Erebus, one of the most intense and southernmost active ...

Mount Erebus: A fiery, active volcano in the land of ice. It is a behemoth soaring over 12,000 feet above the sea ice, and everywhere we went near McMurdo, the mighty volcano loomed. It is the ...

Mt. Erebus is at the end of our world — and offers a portal to another. It’s our planet’s southernmost active volcano, reaching 12,448 feet (3,794 meters) above Ross Island in Antarctica. Temperatures ...

George Steinmetz was drawn to Mount Erebus, in Antarctica, by the ice. The volcano constantly sputters hot gas and lava, sculpting surreal caves and towers that the photographer had read about and was ...

Antarctica has long been a land of mystery and heroic feats made famous by the explorations of James Ross, Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton. A key piece of the puzzle for ...

The coldest place on Earth is also one of the rare spots where a roiling lava lake offers a window into the heart of a volcano. At Erebus volcano in Antarctica, a long-lived lava lake puffs steam and ...

A recent issue of Volcano Watch looked at what the level of the lava lake within Halema’uma’u can tell us about how Kilauea works and the hazards it poses. The level varies continuously and in concert ...

FILE-Image of Mount Erebus Volcano, Ross Island, Antarctica. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) Antarctica, which is home to hundreds of active volcanoes, has one on the continent that spews real gold ...