Did you know that a region in Antarctica called McMurdo Dry Valleys haven't experienced rainfall for over two million years?

After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the ...

Monet Eliastam had no time to feel nervous. On Nov. 23, a small plane dropped her off in ferocious winds on the Hercules ...

Antarctica is a formidable icy seductress, provoking feelings of wonder and trepidation in varying degrees like nowhere else ...

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"Got it!" a shout rang out as a drone-deployed anchor hook successfully snagged the cable of a submerged mooring system. Members of the expedition team on the ship rushed to the stern, hauling the ...

Coast Guard officials detail how the icebreaker Polar Star responded to a late-night call from the Scenic Eclipse II, ...

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines had to adjust the itinerary of its Grand Voyage to South America and Antarctica due to severe ...

Finding herself in charge of her sick husband’s clipper, a self-taught working-class teenager overcame storms, icebergs and a disloyal first mate to get her ship to safety ...

The 19 penguins at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead are riding out the freezing days and nights in the single digits inside.

Baby stars, teenage planets, and disappearing icebergs are all featured this week. Plus, a look back at a New Horizons image ...