A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there ...

live in the depths of the Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, according to Oceana. Their “most significant predator” is the sperm whale. “Writers have often imagined that this ...

UNESCO World Heritage says the Heard Island and McDonald Islands exist "in the complete absence" of human impact.

On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf, a massive floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute.

Antarctic ice sheet background About 90% of the ice on Earth is located in Antarctica; if all this ice were to melt, the global sea level would rise by more than 50 meters. In addition, the ice ...