High-speed drones will be put to the test in the extreme Arctic environment as part of a project to assess how quickly ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

During the frigid winters of Scandinavia, it’s no wonder that ancient people looked to a goddess who embodied the harsh beauty of the frozen landscape. Skadi (Skaði), the formidable deity of winter, ...

A researcher at an isolated station in Antarctica allegedly turned into a violent madman, leaving his team living in fear and revealing a terrifying culture of violence. The unnamed male team ...

Hanne E F Nielsen receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Dutch Research Council. Rebecca Kaiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

A team of South African scientists expected to work together for months in a remote Antarctic research station was left shaken after one of them beat, threatened and sexually harassed at least two ...

Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic iceberg about 19 miles longcracked off the ice sheet on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen ...

In what sounds like a real-life remake of John Carpenter’s The Thing, researchers at a remote base in Alaska will be confined for the foreseeable future after one of their number attacked a ...

A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa’s isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one of its nine team members of becoming violent. The Conversation Africa ...

Antarctica has always been a place of mystery, with its icy surface concealing an entire world beneath. Scientists have long sought to understand what lies below the vast ice sheet and, now, a new map ...