Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

Deep under the frozen desert of western Antarctica, a hidden danger slumbers. Lurking beneath the massive, 1–2 ...

The frozen continent has never been so desirable. But as other nations try to get in on the action, a race to the bottom ...

For Stellenrust winery’s award-winning chenin blanc, she added a botrytised portion to enhance its mouthfeel and honeyed ...

Did you know the largest desert in the world isn’t hot? It’s cold! Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth. Surprised? A desert doesn’t need to be sandy—it just has to be very dry.

While the desolation of Antarctica's polar desert leads to it often being overlooked, the world's southernmost continent "has been one of the most rapidly warming parts of the planet" over the ...

Antarctica. During the past 20 years, our mutual love for exploration has taken us to every corner of the globe, but our recent journey to this vast, icy desert feels distinctly different.

Any potential traveler to Antarctica who gets even the slightest bit queasy in rough waters views a sail to the White Continent with trepidation. The reason is the Drake Passage, the channel that ...

Antarctica can be called a desert because of its lack of precipitation (this is the amount of rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls from the sky). It has less precipitation than any other desert ...

Antarctica, by contrast, remained comparatively under the radar. But more than a century after explorers raced to plant flags in the frigid polar desert, countries are once again starting to vie ...

Chrissie: No, sorry, I left the garage door open! Hahaha. Antarctica is a desert - but it's not hot, it's really, really cold. It's called a desert because it hardly ever rains. The South Pole is ...