Up to 98 percent of Antarctica is caked in miles-thick ice sheets, some of which formed millions upon millions of years ago.

Richard Parks, a world record setting explorer, reveals the gadgets behind the first episode of National Geographic’s Pole to ...

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

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Our reporter sends a dispatch from the icebreaker Araon, currently on its way to Antarctica, about the scientists, their work and how he’s battling seasickness.

The majority of Antarctica is covered in a thick sheet of ice, but what lies beneath its frozen surface has largely remained ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...

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

Scientists in Antarctica on Wednesday inaugurated the first global repository of mountain ice cores, preserving the history ...

Scientists said earthquakes have been shaking the Antarctic’s Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier.

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