PARIS—The giant waves form in the storm belts of the Southern Ocean, off Antarctica, where whales roam. Supercharged by intense winds, the swells then roll on an ocean journey of thousands of ...

The journey from the base to the summit is often compared to travelling from the equator to the Arctic in just a few days.

A fortuitous team of scientists had the opportunity to venture into an uncharted region of the Antarctic following the unexpected break of an ice shelf. This event exposed a previously unseen seafloor ...

Scientists explored the seafloor after an iceberg broke off the Antarctic ice sheet. They were shocked by what they found.

When a massive iceberg calved off the Antarctic coast earlier this year, it did more than just reshape the ice sheet—it ...

The team realized that some of these Antarctic species had never seen humans before, especially the penguins they met.

In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...

The waters surrounding South Georgia, nestled beneath glaciated mountains, are among the most biologically rich in the ...

Forty-five children were supposed to graduate to their first junior rugby games this weekend after fundraising for a trip to ...

There are 8000 shipwrecks off Australia alone, many more still to be found. Yet stunning discoveries still happen. What does ...