Antarctica

The Ozone Hole Is the Smallest It's Been in 30 Years—But We Can't Take Credit

Warming in the stratosphere has kept away ozone-killing chemicals, reducing annual thinning for the last two years

Halley VI

Growing Ice Cracks Force Shutdown of Antarctic Research Station

The British Antarctic Survey's Halley VI research station will close for the second year due to cracking of the ice

All But Two Adélie Penguin Chicks Die in "Catastrophic" Breeding Season

A WWF official described it as "Tarantino does Happy Feet"

Google Trekker in Quttinirpaaq National Park

Now You Can Virtually Visit Quttinirpaaq National Park, One of the Most Remote Places on Earth

Google Street Views records the wonders of the northerly jewel

Little is known about the relation between these openings and climate change, but by studying them scientists hope to better tease out our impacts on this delicate system.

A Mysteriously Massive Hole in Antarctic Ice Has Returned

These holes are thought to be crucial elements of the currents driving the world's oceans, and after 40 years, one has formed again

Massive Iceberg Breaks Off From Antarctic Glacier

The chunk of ice is roughly four times the size of Manhattan

Watch Gentoo Penguins Hunting From a Bird's Eye View

New footage is helping researchers untangle the meaning behind these tuxedo-clad birds' calls

Blue ice in Antarctica.

Scientists Find Record 2.7-Million-Year-Old Ice Core in Antarctica

It may offer a frosty relic from the beginning of the ice age

Aurora Australis seen over Lake Dunstan, New Zealand.

The Best Places to See the Southern Lights

The aurora australis is the southern cousin to the northern lights

A NASA research plane photographed the widening crack on Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf on November 10, 2016.

Delaware-Sized Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica

'Whopper' of an iceberg weighs more than one trillion metric tons—and has been threatening to make the break for years

Boaty McBoatface. It is not a boat and it has no face. Please discuss.

Boaty McBoatface Completes Its First Mission

The little submarine named by the Internet investigated the icy deep waters of Antarctica's Orkney Channel

Marine algae blooms like these in the northern Ross Sea are often vast enough to be visible from space.

Who Owns Antarctica's Pristine Oceans?

How humans finally stopped squabbling and protected one of the world's most pristine marine areas

Blood Falls

Antarctica's Blood Falls Helps Unravel the Inner Workings of Glaciers

A new study maps the path of the water that feeds the falls and explores how water can exist under the ice

Gentoo penguin takes on a slope near its nesting colony.

A Penguin Colony's Rise and Fall, Recorded in Poop

A nearby volcano has decimated the gentoo colony on Ardley Island three times

View out of the window during the inaugural Flight to the Lights

New Charter Flight Takes Passengers to See the Southern Lights

The first "Flight to the Lights" took 130 skygazers to get up close with the Aurora Australis

The latest iteration of the four-legged LEMUR exploration robot clings to a test rock surface in Aaron Parness’ lab in a recent test of its microspine capabilities.

A New Generation of Interplanetary Rovers Is Crawling Toward the Stars

These four-legged, wheel-less robots will explore asteroids and the frigid outer worlds of our Solar System

A wide view of the rift in Larsen C as seen on November 10, 2016. The crack has since lengthened by about 12 miles.

An Iceberg Larger Than Rhode Island Is Poised to Break From Antarctica

Its break from the ice shelf could spell trouble for the frozen expanse

Johanna Davidsson training in Norway

Swedish Woman Smashes Record for Skiing Solo to the South Pole

Skiing for 38 days, 23 hours and 5 minutes Johanna Davidsson beat the previous record by almost 10 hours

Cherry-Garrard during the Scott expedition

This Catastrophic Polar Journey Resulted in One of the Best Adventure Books Ever Written

Apsley Cherry-Garrard's travel memoir is still the one to beat, and not only because it features penguins

At the top of Dome A, an unmanned research station, is a smattering of antenna masts, small shipping containers, scientific equipment and a lot of footprints that take years for the snow and meager wind to cover up.

The Coldest, Driest, Most Remote Place on Earth Is the Best Place to Build a Radio Telescope

This remote Antarctic field station is an ice-covered arid desert, perfect for peering deep into space

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