The skull fragment, found in 1985 on Yámana Beach, is believed to be the oldest known human remains from the South Pole ...

The piece of cranium, found in 1985 on Yámana Beach, is believed to be the oldest human remains ever discovered in the South ...

A Finnish professor's recent research shows Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary ship Endurance was poorly designed for ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

The mountain range has been sitting under the ice sheet for eons following a massive tectonic plate clash.

EXPERTS have discovered the real reasons Ernest Shackleton’s ship sank on its ill-fated Antarctic expedition in 1915. And it ...

Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Endurance, infamously sank in Antarctica — and now a new study finds that it had known flaws.

CANBERRA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Rapid loss of Antarctic sea ice could be a tipping point for the global climate, causing sea level rises, changes to ocean currents and loss of marine life that are ...

WASHINGTON — Three people needing medical care were airlifted out from a U.S. scientific base in Antarctica this week during a perilous rescue mission. The Royal New Zealand Air Force conducted the ...

Briny warm water is mixing on the surface of the ocean, making sea ice melt faster, a new study found. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Some of the water around Antarctica has been getting saltier. And that ...