Scientists have long known more about the surfaces of some other worlds than what lies beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet, which ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human pollution now reaches. An international team of scientists led by ...

The first tourists stepped ashore at Smith Island and Melchior Islands on the Antarctic Peninsula on January 23, 1966. Since ...

Two days after Christmas, the Times journalists Raymond Zhong and Chang W. Lee set sail from Christchurch, New Zealand, on a ...

Part I of the Polar Nexus Series: Reconstructing the ancient world that existed long before recorded history and left its fingerprints on every early civilization.

Antarctica is usually unoccupied except for scientists, wealthy tourists, and adventurers. Surprisingly, though, a small number of children have entered the world there. The exact figure is difficult ...

Unusual radio waves were discovered below the surface of Antarctica over a decade ago, which follow-up studies are trying to explain.

Earth's past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate and mysterious of its continents. Clues to answering humanity's most basic ...

This early exploration opened the door to centuries of scientific study and adventure in one of the world’s last great ...

Antarctica is arguably the most extraordinary place a cruise ship will take you. You’ll spend your days cruising in glassy ...