Scientists are rethinking what we knew about a vanished ice sheet — and that could spell trouble for New York City.

With six months of continual darkness, sub-zero conditions and supreme isolation, the Antarctic is the perfect setting for a horror flick in which the environment drives inhabitants to madness.

It was a little dangerous. SYP: In New Zealand, you experienced an Antarctic storm. What was that like? R: We'd never surfed a hailstorm before. That was pretty interesting. It was like being in ...

US President Donald Trump hit friends and foes with tariffs on Liberation Day, but nobody expected him to come after Australia’s penguins.

Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also squeezing locals and stressing the environment. Crowds of tourists bound ...

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Trump’s tariffs put a spotlight on the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands, which comprise a remote volcanic refuge for ...

No human is known to have set foot there since 2016 Sydney: A pair of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands ... For days, a fierce storm stopped them from landing. “At one point, we had to point ...

A pair of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands unexpectedly hit by Donald ... oversaw a 40-day research expedition to Heard Island in 2004. For days, a fierce storm stopped them from landing. "At one point, ...