Antarctic cruises have never been so popular, with roughly 100,000 passengers a year. About 98% of them sail from South ...

Researchers took advantage of a rare chance to explore a new expanse of seafloor exposed by the breakup of an Antarctic ice ...

An iceberg the size of Chicago broke off am Antarctic ice shelf to reveal a thriving ecosystem underneath, according to ...

Bedmap3 clarified the regions around the South Pole itself, along the coastlines of the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica ... "This puts the ice at greater risk of melting due to the incursion ...

“This puts the ice at greater risk of melting due to the ... have been “filled in” on the South Pole, along the Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctic coastlines and the Transantarctic Mountains.

As well as the rising temperatures, the waters surrounding the western Antarctic Peninsula are used by the international Antarctic krill fishery, which is a constant threat to life in the region.

To find out, Hellessey and her colleagues netted krill off the Antarctic Peninsula and transported them to nearby Palmer Station. In the lab, the team let krill loose in a flume filled with ...

This is shown by coordinated measurements taken off the coast of the west Antarctic Peninsula. "Even at two locations that are only 400 km apart on the peninsula—a very short distance on ...

On January 13, 2025, iceberg A-84, which is roughly the size of Chicago, broke from the George VI Ice Shelf, a giant floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, leading to the ...

On Jan. 13, the iceberg, named A-84, broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf, a massive floating glacier attached to the Antarctic Peninsula ice sheet, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute.