For seven months of the year, the vast, ice-heavy continent of Antarctica is cut off from the rest of the world. Huddled in their outposts scattered along the continental shelf, scientists and ...

On Oct. 12, 1957, history was made when the first-ever commercial flight to Antarctica departed from San Francisco, carrying ...

Scientists found patches on the Antarctic seafloor called "seeps" where fluid and gas move up through sediments and into the ...

A five-month-long slumber party. A college dorm. An introvert’s hell. Those are just some of the words residents of Antarctica use to describe life in the world’s coldest, most mysterious continent.

An Australian medical team is attempting the risky trip to McMurdo Station. Aug. 8, 2012 — -- An Australian medical team is attempting to make its way to Antarctica to help rescue an expedition ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Col. Christopher Lantagne, Director of Staff for the Oregon Air National Guard, recently concluded a six-week tour as commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group at McMurdo ...

Only a few years ago, Antarctica seemed as remote and forbidding as the moon. Since 1957, however, lights have burned year round across the silent white desert that surrounds the South Pole. As new ...

Three researchers at the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been evacuated in a "challenging," nearly 20-hour medical emergency rescue mission this week conducted by the Royal New Zealand Air ...

New Zealand air force pilots accomplished one of their most perilous missions this week, executing a dramatic evacuation from Antarctica’s frozen wilderness that pushed human endurance and aircraft ...