Flying over the massive iceberg, it's indistinguishable from the horizon. But as it melts, chunks of ice risk floating ...
South Georgia has been in the headlines after the world's largest iceberg ran aground off its coast amid concerns it could ...
The British Antarctic Survey used data collected over six decades by planes, satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds to create ...
It's November 2024. Small red flags flap lazily in the breeze on the sea ice in front of Scott Base. They mark a safe route through the pressure ridges - where sea ice squashes up against the land and ...
Satellite images taken at the beginning of March show the iceberg parked on a shallow underwater shelf off the coast of South ...
As they embarked on the Drake Passage, Xavier — who had explored the wonders Antarctica offers once before — recalled the ...
The island is uninhabited due to its remoteness and lack of infrastructure; the only people on the island are temporary residents working at research stations.
Antarctica, Earth's southernmost continent, is a place of extremes. Over 99% of Antarctica is covered in ice, which is up to 4.9 km thick inland, and extends over the sea in the form of ice shelves ...
The iceberg A23a did not exactly smack into the remote wildlife-rich island of South Georgia. The effect of a trillion tonnes ...
The vast ice fields of barren whiteness stretch toward the horizon, creating one of the most isolated environments on the ...