When snow falls on the ice sheet, where subzero temperatures ensure it doesn’t melt. Antarctic temperatures regularly reach ...

Antarctica is by far the coldest area on the planet. The coldest temperature recorded on Earth was recorded at Vostok, the Russian Antarctica research station in July 1983, when the temperature ...

Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around ...

It's about as remote as it gets, yet what happens in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica impacts all of us. And what's going on down there? Over the past few years, researchers have discovered dramatic ...

The latest travel advisory issued by the State Department might come as a surprise as the location in question isn’t exactly a tourist destination. On Monday, officials issued a Level 2 “exercise ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday ...