The researchers and base personnel remain in Antarctica for approximately 15 months working through the cold and dark winter ...

Reports of assault were first reported last weekend by South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, which claimed to have seen a ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The last U.S. Air Force transport aircraft journeyed home on March 7 after a busy summer in Christchurch. From this New Zealand city, the Air Force made frequent flights to ...

during the Antarctic summer, which spans from December to February. “Seventy-five active research stations operate in Antarctica during the summer months, with a total accommodation capacity ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

Also, the summer season only provides a short window in which to operate because access to Antarctic by sea is limited by extent and thickness of the sea ice. Lastly, during summer there is 24 ...

Experts have revealed Antarctica is “more vulnerable” than previously feared, as a new map reveals what lays under the ice. The estimates, created by Bedmap3, have also re-evaluated the ...

The current team, which includes engineers, a mechanic, a doctor and a meteorologist, face a long winter in Antarctica at South Africa’s remote Sanae IV base ...

Microscopic red algae, responsible for a phenomenon also known as watermelon snow or blood snow, are proliferating due to global warming and in turn accelerating it ...