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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
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Massive Iceberg Breaks Off From Antarctic Glacier
The chunk of ice is roughly four times the size of Manhattan
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Watch Gentoo Penguins Hunting From a Bird’s Eye View
New footage is helping researchers untangle the meaning behind these tuxedo-clad birds’ calls
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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
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The Best Places to See the Southern Lights
The aurora australis is the southern cousin to the northern lights
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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
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Boaty McBoatface Completes Its First Mission
The little submarine named by the Internet investigated the icy deep waters of Antarctica’s Orkney Channel
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Who Owns Antarctica’s Pristine Oceans?
How humans finally stopped squabbling and protected one of the world’s most pristine marine areas
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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
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A Penguin Colony’s Rise and Fall, Recorded in Poop
A nearby volcano has decimated the gentoo colony on Ardley Island three times
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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World’s Largest Marine Sanctuary Declared Off Coast of Antarctica
The 25 parties to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources voted to protect 600,000 square miles of the Ross Sea
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Antarctic Fossil Suggests Ancient Birds Honked Not Sang
Recent analysis of two fossils provides the first evidence of ancient noisemakers
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Visiting Melting Glaciers Can Be Profound. But Is It Morally Wrong?
How to weigh the moral costs of your climate change tour
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Journey to the Center of Earth
The Tiny World of Glacier Microbes Has an Outsized Impact on Global Climate
Microbes living on glaciers collectively cover an area the size of New Hampshire—and they could have a big influence on global climate
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