Antarctica
-
A collection of treasures from Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctica voyage has been sold at auction in London this week. The timing couldn’t be better, as the wreck ... -
A tiny crustacean known as krill is the backbone of the ecosystem in Antarctic waters. But their abundance makes them a target for fishing fleets, and ...
-
Antarctica has gotten caught in a struggle for influence and power between China, the U.S., and its allies. But now a new plan may help shift ...
-
A breeding colony of 60 million fish has been discovered in Antarctica’s ice-covered Weddell Sea—a unique and previously unknown ecosystem that covers an area the size ... -
Paul Grisham’s wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the world he forgot all about it. -
A new study shows that the deepest point on land is under the Denman Glacier in East Antarctica. Glaciologists at the University of California, Irvine, were ... -
SANTIAGO, Chile—Chile’s air force said it lost radio contact with a transport plane carrying 38 people on a flight Monday evening to the country’s base in ... -
BISMARCK, N.D.—The deadly deep freeze enveloping the Midwest sent temperatures plunging on Jan. 30, to rival some of the most frigid spots in the world, triggering ... -
Cameras captured a deep-sea swimming sea cucumber, also known as the “headless chicken monster,” for the first time near Antarctica, researchers said. The underwater cameras, utilizing ...
-
The massive iceberg that broke off of the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica, sounds alarming, but it doesn’t mean Antarctica is falling apart. The iceberg is ...
MOST VIEWED STORIES
