The Latest Breaking News from Antarctica

The Polar Star, commissioned in 1976, breaks its old record by reaching the Bay of Whales on Feb. 17.

They are aiming to conquer marathons in all seven continents and have just one more to go.

A seal wearing a helmet with an antenna might look unusual, but eight Weddell seals, each with a 580g monitoring device on their heads, have been helping Japanese researchers survey the waters under the thick ice sheet in Antarctica. Tapped for a research project between March and November 2017 -…

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read how humans and soot are harming Antarctica, the unexpected link between California wildfires and increased water, and more.

A humpback whale, likely lured by a trawling net capturing masses of Antarctic krill, became entangled last month and died in the Southern Ocean. Three dead juveniles were caught in the same company's krill nets last year.

Strategic and scientific motivations are not always neatly separable, but it’s clear Australia’s renewed interest in Antarctica is spurred in part by China

The federal government’s major package of new funding for Australia’s Antarctic program, announced on Tuesday, promises an additional A$804.4 million over the next decade.

In a recent study, researchers found that tourists and scientists are polluting Antarctica and its changing the continent's climate for the worse.

Every summer, as the sea ice surrounding Antarctica retreats, tens of thousands of tourists and scientists flock to the landmass by boat and plane. The remote continent is becoming increasingly accessible – during the 2019-20 season, the number of sightseeing visitors reached 74,000, with the vast majority travelling by ship.…

Black carbon pollution, which is generated by burning fossil fuels, causes snow to darken, absorb more solar energy and melt faster