Antarctic

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Antarctica: The Home Stretch for Some, A Long Way to Go for Others

In this week's update, Preet Chandi flies into the...

Antarctic Roundup: Another Evacuation

This week in Antarctica features more drama. Another expedition...
antarctic ice shelves

Live, Ancient Creatures Found in Pitch Black ‘Oasis’ Beneath Antarctic Shelf

Floating atop Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 2018, a team...

Antarctica: Expeditions in Trouble

In this week's Antarctic roundup, one expedition aborts and...

Winter Himalayan Teams Reach Base Camps. Plus: Sherpas to Antarctica

Winter officially begins in one week, and some teams...

Antarctica Update: An Eclipse and a Major Route Change

For most Antarctic expeditions, the weather has improved in...

Antarctic Update: Sastrugi and Soft Snow

Antarctic expeditions setting out from Hercules Inlet have started...

Antarctic Expeditions on the Move

After a gap year because of COVID, the Antarctic...

Antarctic Kite-Ski Crossing Ready to Begin

The coronavirus wiped out the 2020-2021 Antarctic season and...
the sphinx snow patch

Famous UK Snow Patch Fully Melts For Just 8th Time in 300 Years

The Sphinx, a well-known snow patch in the Cairngorms...

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Dream Jobs: Work Available in Antarctica

Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions, a guide company specializing in...

Roundup of 2021 Antarctica Expeditions

Last year, Antarctica Logistics & Expeditions (ALE) hung on...

South Pole Records Coldest Winter Ever

Antarctica remains in a near-record deep freeze. But scientists...

Masatatsu Abe Takes on a Historic Route to the South Pole

Japanese explorer and rickshaw driver Masatatsu Abe hopes to...

Natural Wonders: Underwater Icicle

A silent killer forms below sea ice and freezes...

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Mount Vinson: A Climber’s Guide

Australian mountaineer and Antarctic veteran Damien Gildea describes the...

Science Links of the Week

Mount Erebus can power Antarctic science: One of the...

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

Weekend Warm-Up: Discovery

Despite faking a 1926 flight to the North Pole,...
Polar skier manhauling across ice

Video Tribute to Dixie Dansercoer

Before his untimely death last week in a Greenland...
China's Mars rover

Science Links of the Week

A passion for the natural world drives many of...

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