Sentinel-2 has been collecting images of Antarctica since 2016 following the request from SCAR, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Maxar Technologies is a commercial satellite provider.

A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, ...

Satellite images, including recent data captured ... Iceberg A23a has been a concern for scientists since it broke away from the Antarctic ice shelf in 1986. After remaining immobile for over ...

GARS O’Higgins has been operated since 1991 as a satellite data receiving station. During the first years of operation it was used on a campaign basis during the Antarctic summer months. In a total of ...

A satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth recently captured rare images of an atmospheric phenomenon that makes Antarctica glaciers appear to be smoking. The wisps of "sea smoke" blowing ...