Camping in Antarctica means no tent, no walls and no protection from 30 to 40 knot winds. With snow falling through the night and temperatures dropping fast, the group flattened a patch of ice and lay ...

Antarctica is a destination of staggering extremes – home to the largest ice sheet on the planet, soaring 14,700-foot ...

‘Forever’ chemicals, so called because they do not break down in the environment, have reached even the ends of the Earth. Now, scientists have more insight into the levels of these pollutants in ...

Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the Sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...