Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

The Thwaites Glacier is one of many bodies of ice that are melting, but this massive, Antarctic glacier is uniquely important when it comes to sea level rise. “We’re talking a ...

A 130-foot towering wall of ice with a surface area larger than Rhode Island is slowly making its way toward a remote island near Antarctica. Imagine if the ice wall from Game of Thrones were mobile ...

South Georgia is a resurrected wonderland of Southern Ocean fauna after the ravages of the sealing and whaling eras. Today it ...

Yet Antarctica is classified as a desert ... The men unzipped the tent and began hacking through a wall of ice about five feet tall and four feet thick. They dug for more than an hour, until ...

Participants conquer 5,164 steps along the Great Wall, traverse local villages ... For those seeking the ultimate challenge, the Antarctic Ice Marathon is an extraordinary event. Set on the Union ...

In celebration of Black History Month in February, MPR News is highlighting Black history throughout the state. From a fur ...

The world’s largest iceberg, A23a – which recently broke free from a decades-long imprisonment in Antarctica – is currently on a collision course with South Georgia island. “Icebergs are inherently ...

Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include rainfall, according to new research.

A parliamentary report has called on for a second icebreaking vessel and more reliable funding for Antarctic research.

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...