As Midwinter Day comes to Antarctica –- the darkest day of the year –- those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the earliest days of ...

Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single, continuous landmass centered over the South Pole and spanning both hemispheres of the globe. The Western Hemisphere sector of the ...

GeoMAP is rich with historical knowledge. Data layers across the continent show different facets of information, from rock type, rock age, meltwater patterns and links to where the original ...

Explore 20 vintage photos from the age of Antarctic exploration, capturing early expeditions, harsh conditions, and historic ...

Antarctica: a continent for the humanities / Peder Roberts, Adrian Howkins, and Lize-Marié van der Watt. Part 1 The heroic and the mundane : Antarctic diaries and heroic reputations: changing the ...

China drills 3,413 meters into Antarctic ice, opening a path to environments that have been sealed for millions of years.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Due to its thick, vast ice sheet, Antarctica appears to be a single ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christine Siddoway, Colorado College; Anna Ruth (Ruthie) Halberstadt, The University ...