A Twitter account dedicated to astrophotography shared an image it said was Antarctica as seen from space. The image, which appears to depict a massive ring of sea ice around the continent, has been ...

Very early on a recent Sunday morning, doctor and medical researcher Alexander Kumar opened a hatch, climbed out on a deserted rooftop, and drank in the first sunlight he'd seen in months. A ...

Three staff members from a United States research base in Antarctica were medically evacuated to New Zealand during extreme cold and dark conditions amid the southern winter, New Zealand’s air force ...

In the dead of winter, the Antarctic Peninsula, an 800-mile extension of the Antarctic continent, temperatures hit 32°F. (Source: It’s Even Hot in Antarctica, Where it’s Winter, Vox, July 13, 2023) ...

Dartmouth graduate student Jacob Chalif is far from home this holiday season. He’s in Antarctica on a mission to find the world’s oldest ice. “It’s certainly a unique experience,” he said. “Everything ...

The 2025 maximum ranks as the third lowest in the 47-year record, behind the all-time low in 2023 and the second-lowest in ...