Planes routinely fly over the Arctic region, heading from one continent to another, but it's rare for one to fly over Antarctica. The reasons for this are many ...

Cold Temperatures for an Insect . Like hibernating bears, many insects slow their bodily processes during the tough winter ...

Will McGough thought he’d scatter his father’s ashes in Antarctica for a special tribute. But once there, he learned that ...

Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the ...

Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest place in the world. When you set foot on land, it feels like stepping onto a frozen wonderland unlike anything else. Imagine standing on ice sheets as ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica, survives extreme cold through unique dormancy strategies. During its two-year life cycle, it undergoes quiescence in the ...

The vast ice fields of barren whiteness stretch toward the horizon, creating one of the most isolated environments on the ...

Antarctica — which is one and a half times the size of Canada — has been governed by a treaty of nations. But with rising ...

Antarctica plays by its own set of rules. It is the coldest, highest, driest and windiest continent on planet Earth. It was discovered and reached by man for the first time not much more than 200 ...