Almost 90% of Antarctica's land is covered in a thick layer of ice — around 1.3 miles (2.2 kilometers) deep, on average — and ...

This sobering possibility bolsters the case for learning all we can about Antarctica’s frozen realm, not only for its ...

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is ...

Underneath miles-deep ice sheets covering Antarctica lies the largest mountain range no one on Earth has ever seen. Even though a few of its tallest points peek through in some places, relatively few ...

These zircon grains preserve a record of the mountain-building timeline: the Gamburtsev Mountains began to rise around 650 ...

Despite being overlooked down at the South Pole, Antarctica actually plays a large role in our world and you would notice if it was gone.

where liquid water covered by ice is the norm. There are more than 400 subglacial lakes in Antarctica, and scientists have confirmed the existence of microbial life in some of them. With no access ...

Uncle Bob is on an expedition to the South Pole, and he sent me a photo of his frozen baked beans but I don’t know where to place it on the map ... families. No children live in Antarctica.