The trillion-ton slab of ice that scientists call a "megaburg" broke off from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986.

If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young ...

Ever since the Wright Brothers invented the airplane, mankind has seized on flight as one of the most important modes of ...

The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica toward the ...

Deep under the frozen desert of western Antarctica, a hidden danger slumbers. Lurking beneath the massive, 1–2 kilometer-thick slab of frozen water lies an active volcanic rift, seething away in the ...

The Ann Arbor couple were among 130 guests who sailed the Drake Passage to Antarctica ... and Deception Island, under which lies an active volcano. The terrain was rocky and seemingly always ...

The ocean melts ice shelves from below – a process known as “basal melting”. Increased basal melting has led to the thinning and retreat of the ice sheet in some regions, raising global sea ...