Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and ...

They were all trying to run back up the wall of ice!

Navigating monolithic icebergs, massive ocean waves and sub-zero snowstorms, CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator is a workhorse for Antarctic science. In just over 11 years and spread across seven ...

The great majority of ships operating in Antarctica are ice-strengthened but Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot is the world’s ...

Due to the extremely cold climate, Lake Unter-See remains covered in ice year-round.

Astrobiologist Dale Andersen headed back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for another field season of ...

I keep my Mont Helios jacket on the back of my seat at every meal because it is warm enough to wear outside over the top of ...

Millennial and Gen Z parents are increasingly willing to plan vacations around their kids. My husband and I took that to the ...

Applications open for $15,000 Antarctic Fellowship from IAATO, Early-Career Award from COMNAP and Scientific Committee on ...

Discover the best family travel destinations worldwide from Thailand and Seychelles to Kenya, Tokyo and Antarctica with ...

Bacteria living in Antarctica’s barren desert soils have developed a survival strategy that defies conventional biology: they ...

Beneath Antarctica's thick ice, Lake Unter-See harbors a unique ecosystem with high oxygen and alkaline water. Large ...