Deep under the frozen desert of western Antarctica, a hidden danger slumbers. Lurking beneath the massive, 1–2 kilometer-thick slab of frozen water lies an active volcanic rift, seething away in the ...

Antarctica, the frozen continent at the edge ... showcasing an array of organisms uniquely adapted to survive in the perpetual darkness and frigid waters of the Southern Ocean.

A total solar eclipse plunged Antarctica from summer into darkness early Saturday in a rare astronomical spectacle witnessed by a handful of scientists and thrill-seekers – and countless penguins.

Antarctica lies at the South Pole. During the UK summer, Antarctica lies in total darkness. During the UK winter, the sun rises above the horizon in Antarctica. The continent has 24 hours of ...

Because Antarctica is a desert ... Strange how refreshing the impending darkness is—how starved for darkness we have been. Strange too the lush, saturated colors of the New Zealand spring.

British Antarctic Survey (BAS ... season for all those who endure the extreme conditions and twenty-four-hour darkness in the name of scientific research. This Midwinter Day takes on special ...

Any potential traveler to Antarctica who gets even the slightest bit queasy in rough waters views a sail to the White Continent with trepidation. The reason is the Drake Passage, the channel that ...

Humans have been recording the weather for thousands of years. Antarctic ice, however, has been at it for over a million. An international team of scientists has extracted a 1.74-mile-long (2.8 ...