One of them is a madman — accused of violently beating, threatening and sexually harassed at least two of his teammates.

"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

Most Antarctic trips explore the western peninsula departing from South America for about 10 days. This is the most beautiful ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than ...

Researchers from East Carolina University are studying glacial melt at the Antarctic to better understand the impact of ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

The 2000 death of an astrophysicist at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was a suspected murder. And recent ...

But now, new surveys have filled in crucial blanks, and uncovered details about East Antarctica, the South Pole, the ...

Never seen, perhaps, but that doesn't mean forever to remain unknown. For years, the British Antarctic Survey has been flying ...

Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...

In 1929, Richard Byrd became the first pilot to fly an airplane over the South Pole. With fewer restrictions and capabilities ...