Latest about Antarctica
Sudden collapse of Antarctic ice shelf could be sign of things to come
A massive Antarctic ice shelf that covered an area about the size of New York City or Rome just collapsed into the ocean.
Alarming heat waves hit Arctic and Antarctica at the same time
Simultaneous heat waves have hit the Arctic and Antarctica, raising temperatures by more than 50 degrees in parts of both polar regions.
Antarctic sea ice at record low in February, satellite data reveal
Antarctic sea-ice extent dropped to a record low in the satellite data in February, but it's likely due to natural variation.
Endurance Expedition: Shackleton's Antarctic survival story
Reference The Endurance Expedition was a failed mission to cross the Antarctic on foot, leaving 28 explorers stranded.
Antarctica's doomed A68 iceberg dumped 1 trillion tons of water into the ocean over 3 years
A new study of iceberg A68 (once the world's largest) charts its entire doomed journey, and shows exactly when it started to melt at an alarming rate
Rare wispy ice formations streak across the sea near Antarctica in beautiful satellite images
Recent satellite images captured by Landsat 8 show a rare windswept sea ice formation over water in Antarctica.
