As long as humans have known of its existence, they have wanted to visit Antarctica. It is the world’s least visited, least populated continent. On the best day, it is extremely hard to get to ...

One of those 13 is Dr. Nadja Albertsen and her Skype connection is cutting out. She had been telling me how she ended up in Antarctica, now every other word is lost in the ether. It’s June 4 and ...

Meanwhile, 2015 could be the year of the double whammy — when we learned the same about one gigantic glacier of East Antarctica, which could set in motion roughly the same amount all over again ...

It defines Antarctica: Earth’s southern polar ice cap, a 5.4-million square mile ice sheet, covers 98% of the continent. But within the next hundred years, Antarctica stands to lose much of that ...

A research robot is living with a penguin colony in Antarctica Among a colony of black and white penguins with bright orange beaks in Antarctica is one animal that stands boldly apart from the ...

An expedition to Antarctica is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure for intrepid travelers who want to explore this remote destination at the bottom of the world. The landscapes are surreal, with eerily ...

And that's important because if the water frozen in East Antarctica melted - and that's a millennia-long process if not longer - it would raise seas across the globe more than 160 feet.

Camille Seaman has been visiting Antarctica on and off since 2004. In just the past few years, the photographer has witnessed a noticeable change on the continent.

Last year, Antarctica registered a record-high temperature of 18.3 degrees Celsius, or nearly 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization ...

Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica has been called the "Doomsday Glacier." That's because — were it to disintegrate — Thwaites, roughly the size of Florida, could cause catastrophic sea level rise.