The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000 tourists flocked to the icy continent in 2023–24. The trend is ...

The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000 tourists flocked to the icy continent in 2023–24. The trend is ...

The swimsuit-clad tourists leap into the icy water, gasping at the shock, and startling a gaggle of penguins. And their very presence might accelerate its demise. Antarctica, a vast territory ...

As polar tourism surges, questions remain on how best to balance the desire for exploration with the need for conservation.

Sixty years ago, American Lars-Eric Lindblad led the first group of non-scientific travelers to Antarctica, opening the most remote continent on Earth to tourism. If 1966 seems relatively recent, ...

The white continent is melting: Researchers are sounding the alarm about the threats to Antarctica - Copyright University of Santiago USACH/AFP Jose Jorquera The ...

During Antarctica’s warm season, the sleek Norwegian passenger ship known as the MS Fridtjof Nansen departs regularly from Argentina for its journey south across the turbulent Drake Passage, down to ...

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Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth's most pristine environments already ...