Marilyn Perkins
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What is Lake Vostok?Lake Vostok lies buried under miles of ice in East Antarctica.
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Rare wispy ice formations streak across the sea near Antarctica in beautiful satellite imagesRecent satellite images captured by Landsat 8 show a rare windswept sea ice formation over water in Antarctica.
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Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' could meet its doom within 3 yearsThwaites Glacier is roughly the size of Florida, and holds enough ice to raise sea levels over two feet. New research shows that the collapse of its ice shelf may be just a few years away.
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NASA is tracking two explorers across Antarctica to prepare humans for MarsNASA is tracking two explorers on a 2,268-mile (3,650 kilometers) journey across Antarctica to learn more about humanity's ability to survive on Mars.
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When did Antarctica become a continent?Here's when Antarctica broke free of an ancient supercontinent.
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See how the huge ozone hole over Antarctica has grown in 2021 in this NASA videoA new NASA video highlights the giant ozone hole that opened over the Antarctic this year.
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These retouched photos of Shackleton's 1914 expedition look like they were taken yesterdayMultimedia artist Stuart Humphryes has retouched photographs from the famous Shackleton expedition to Antarctica, updating their color to modern brilliance.
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Underwater views of Antarctic jellies are 'a magic portal to another world'The short film "Life Beneath the Ice" features delicate, illuminated marine creatures living under the sea ice in Antarctica.
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Massive iceberg narrowly avoided collision with Antarctic ice shelfA-74 nearly collided with the ice shelf it split from last February. Such a strong impact may have released an even larger iceberg.
