When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Sixty-two days earlier, on November 13, 2015, he’d set out from the coast of Antarctica ... And, whereas Shackleton had been part of a large expedition, Worsley, who was fifty-five, was crossing ...

January’s record heat highlights how human-driven ocean warming is increasingly overwhelming natural climate cooling patterns ...

Andrew Babbin tries to pack light for work trips. Along with the travel essentials, though, he also brings a roll each of ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

Courage built a lot of new pubs in the period after World War II, as documented in a volume held at Bristol’s central library ...

There are plenty of reasons to stay in Canberra this weekend, and we've found them all. Fere are 50+ events to keep you ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team modeled Antarctica's ...

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include rainfall, according to new research.

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps. This is the first time these tiny pieces of plastic ...