Europe's dedicated polar-monitoring satellite has produced its sharpest view yet of the shape of Antarctica. The Cryosat mission has been measuring height changes on the White Continent since 2010 ...

Chrissie: Well, Antarctica is way down in the middle of the Southern Ocean, so we’ll need a map that’s looking right down on it. Freya: Ah, that’s better, it looks loads bigger than the UK!

Paid and presented by International Science Council. As witnesses to a changing climate over millennia, the Antarctic ice sheets are a unique record for studying past climate change informing ...

More than 100 volcanoes lurk beneath the surface in Antarctica. Ice sheet melt could set them off. The reason is that this unloading of ice sheets reduces pressure on magma chambers below the ...

The fourth Antarctic campaign of the Beyond EPICA-Oldest Ice project has achieved a historic milestone this week, by successfully drilling a 2800-metre-long ice core, consisting of ice from the ...

This year, in its annual Luxe Report, luxury travel advisor network Virtuoso named Antarctica the top adventure destination of 2025. For its report, Virtuoso surveyed its team advisors across 58 ...

penguins and albatross – on top of the spectacular scenery." What length of trip do you recommend for first-time visitors? Perrin: "The 12-day Spirit of Antarctica or 12- to 13-day Antarctic ...