In 1955, the United States began a mission that forever changed the landscape of Antarctic exploration: Operation Deep Freeze ...

The Soviet Union launched its first expedition in 1955, which triggered fears among major nuclear powers like the United States that Antarctica could become a Cold War pawn. Riggs spoke of the ...

Scientists using ice-breaking ships and underwater robots have found the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting at an accelerating rate and could be on an irreversible path to collapse ...

The war in Ukraine is also a concern, amid Russian leader Vladimir Putin's threats to unleash nuclear weapons in response to discussions of Western intervention. The following countries are places ...

The Treaty has ensured that Antarctica remains a natural reserve, devoted to peace and science. BAS has its origins in a secret World War 2 mission, Operation Tabarin, designed to keep enemy ships ...

Antarctica is turning green "dramatically", with the trend accelerated by more than 30 percent in recent years, compared to the past three decades, a new study has found. Antarctica has been shown ...

Researchers found that vegetation cover across the Antarctic Peninsula increased more than tenfold -- from less than a square kilometre to almost 12 square kilometres -- between 1986 and 2021.