A remote island that is part of France's French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean has seen half of its ...

GEOQUIZ: The rand is the official currency of which country? Answer: South Africa. A rand is divided into 100 cents. The largest coin is worth 50 rand, and banknotes are valued from 10 to 200 rand.

By Alimat Aliyeva Scientists have revealed that a 69-million-year-old animal skull discovered in Antarctica belongs to ...

Fremont resident Rich Hirschman will wrap up his chilly trip to Antarctica with a presentation ... A history and geography teacher at Fremont High School, Hirschman retired in 2001.

The competition challenged students to create a unique "Perins flag" to be sent to Antarctica, and now their efforts have ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

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An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be ...

Arecent study conducted by University of Florida geologists and geographers has shed new light on the effects of climate change on Antarctic ice shelves. It found that while there has been broad ice ...

This study was led by Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences Emma MacKie, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor of Geography Katy ... of Delaware broke off the Antarctic ice sheet.

Today, Condé Nast Traveler’s Matthew Buck is in Antarctica to see what life is like on the most remote continent on Earth. A stay in Antarctica is a rare opportunity filled with once-in-a ...