Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing ...

From sealing captain Nathaniel Palmer to Adm. Richard Byrd and Quonset's role in Operation Deep Freeze, RI has left its mark ...

Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

“If you imagined the Scottish Highlands or the European Alps were covered by ice and the only way to understand their shape ...

Antarctica's subglacial bedrock was previously one of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system.

NASA has successfully concluded its scientific balloon campaign in Antarctica, aimed at studying cosmic particles and searching for antimatter.

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.

And this sub-surface map of Antarctica would aid climate scientists in understanding how glaciers will move as the ice ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by ...

NASA completed its Antarctic balloon campaign using high-altitude balloons to study cosmic rays, anti-matter and high-energy ...

European scientists have launched the world's first Ice Memory Sanctuary in Antarctica, aimed at preserving glacier ice cores ...

Rescue teams are searching for a diver from the French Polar Institute who went missing during an ice dive Antarctica on ...