South Antarctic

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  NASA Satellite Image Reveals Unique Horseshoe-Shaped Deception Island in Antarctica

  NASA's Landsat 8 satellite captured an image of Deception Island, a horseshoe-shaped semi-submerged volcanic caldera located in the South Shetland Islands. Created by an eruption approximately 4,000 years ago, it remains vital for scientific research and as a safe harbour for ships navigating the harsh Southern Ocean. Deception Island is home to th...

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  World's Largest Iceberg A23a Breaks Free, Drifts In The Southern Ocean

  As A23a continues on its journey, it is anticipated to follow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current into the Southern Ocean.

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  World's Largest Iceberg A23a Resumes Journey North After Months of Stagnation

  A23a, the largest iceberg in the world, has begun moving again after being trapped in a vortex near the South Orkney Islands. Weighing nearly a trillion tonnes and twice the size of Greater London, the iceberg has been stuck in the Weddell Sea for over three decades. Now on its way north, scientists are studying its potential environmental impacts,...

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  Amber Discovered For the First Time in Antarctica: What You Need to Know

  Scientists have uncovered the first-ever amber from Antarctica, dating back to the mid-Cretaceous period. Found in the Pine Island trough, this amber is between 92 and 83 million years old. The discovery offers insights into the ancient conifer-rich, swampy rainforest ecosystem near the South Pole. It also shows that all continents once supported r...

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  Italian Vessel In Antarctica Reaches New Destinations As Polar Ice Melts

  An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles.

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  Antarctica Records Hottest Temperature Ever At 18.3 Degrees

  A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming that has caused an increase in the melting of ice sheets around the south pole.

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  Liquid Water Found On Mars: Underground Lake Discovery Makes Waves

  Using a satellite to peer beneath layers of dust and ice at Mars' south pole, scientists have detected a 12-mile-wide span of briny water, a large, stable reservoir akin to lakes buried beneath the Antarctic ice sheet on Earth.

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  Father-Son Team Plans Antarctic Trek Powered By Renewable Energy

  With solar panels tacked to their sledges and a biofuel made from wood chips to keep them warm, a British father and son duo will attempt to reach the South Pole relying solely on green energy.

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  Magnitude 6.1 Undersea Earthquake Strikes South Of New Zealand: US Geological Survey

  An undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 magnitude struck in the remote Southern Ocean south of New Zealand on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.

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  Strong Winds Behind Massive Antarctic Ice Shelves Breaking Off

  Strong winds are causing vast Antarctic ice shelves to break off, such as the trillion-tonne iceberg that recently snapped away from the South Pole, scientists say.

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  Today's Google Doodle Celebrates The First Expedition To The South Pole

  Google today celebrated the 105th anniversary of the first expedition to the South Pole.

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  Former Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Recovering Well After Antarctic Evacuation

  Former U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, posted photos on Saturday of his recovery in a New Zealand hospital after he was evacuated from the South Pole due to illness.

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  Pilots Recount Daring South Pole Rescue Mission: 'A Tiny Little Dot In That Mass Of Black'

  It was one of the most dangerous missions of their careers - a midwinter flight to the bottom of the Earth to rescue two sick workers from the South Pole research station. An entire continent sprawled below them, empty and unknowable in the midst of the six-month Antarctic night. The only light came from the pale moon and the faint flicker of instr...

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  Rescuers Succeed In Evacuating Sick Workers At The South Pole

  For the third time ever, rescue workers have successfully evacuated someone from the South Pole during the brutal Antarctic winter, the National Science Foundation said Wednesday afternoon.

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  Plane Lands At South Pole In Rare, Risky Effort To Rescue Sick Worker

  This is only the third time rescuers have attempted to evacuate someone from the bottom of the world during the dark Antarctic winter.