Image source: NASA The temperature in Antarctica has exceeded 20C for the first time. Researchers logged a temperature of 20.75C…
After meeting Pope Francis in Cuba, the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, flew to Antarctica to walk with…
According to a new assessment from ESA's CryoSat spacecraft, Antarctica is now losing 159 billion tonnes of ice a year…
The Akademik Shokalskiy and Chinese icebreaker Xue Long have broken free from Antarctic ice where they had been stranded for…
Chinese ice-breaker Xue Long that helped rescue passengers stranded on the Akademik Shokalskiy vessel in Antarctica is now stuck itself.…
Passengers from the ice-bound research vessel Akademik Shokalskiy are to be rescued in Antarctica. A helicopter from a Chinese ship…
Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy stranded in East Antarctica since Christmas Day remained stuck as the latest rescue efforts were thwarted…
An Australian vessel is en route to East Antarctica in a renewed bid to free Akademik Shokalskiy scientific mission ship…
The coldest place on Earth has been identified in the heart of Antarctica. The lowest temperature was recorded on August…
Scientists drilling deep into the edge of modern Antarctica have pulled up proof that palm trees once grew there. Analyses…
Explorer Felicity Aston from UK has reached Antarctica's Hercules Inlet, becoming the first woman to cross the continent alone. Felicity…