A wrong move could send the crew falling down a crack into the freezing water or – even more terrifying – leave them stuck on a large ice floe floating ... during the Antarctic winter, so ...

Herbert Ponting / Library of Congress Scott’s ship Terra Nova lies frozen in pack ice on the second British Antarctic Expedition ... when one dropped into a crack the other two could haul ...

Hidden beneath the Antarctic ice lies a system of lakes and watercourses. A research team, including ETH researchers, has for ...

New research indicates that an Antarctic glacier can steal ice from a neighboring glacier, challenging long-held views on ice ...

The Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) has shown signs of record-breaking growth after decades of contributing to global sea-level rise — as experts reveal their theories why. A study published in ...

We knew global warming meant there was less ice to go around, but we hadn’t realized things were this desperate.

Beneath the great, white expanse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, a mysterious realm of streams and lakes lies out of sight. Much about this hidden water world remains poorly understood. But a new ...

A fast-moving Antarctic glacier has been observed by satellites to be stealing ice from a neighbor. Glaciologists were aware this could occur, but thought it took centuries or millennia.