Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made historical territorial claims on it.

Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

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

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 ...

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

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

Internet users want to know what the strange doorway in Antarctica ice is- theories suggesting Bigfoot or an underground ...

In Antarctica, a glacier was spotted looking like an ominous human face. A Google Earth employee saw the "alien" first, and ...

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