TRAVEL TRENDS, ANTARCTICA Updated : Feb 3, 2025, 17:29 IST Planning an Antarctica trip? Here’s everything you need to know Often referred to as the last great frontier, Antarctica is the ...

Ben Galton-Fenzi is employed by the Australian Antarctic DIvision. Bishakhdatta Gayen is employed by the University of Melbourne. He receives funding from the Australian Research Council.

43 years ago, on January 9, 1982, India hoisted its flag in Antarctica in a top-secret mission, marking its entry into polar exploration. This historic expedition laid the foundation for Dakshin ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — In need of a break from Chicago's arctic cold? Try heading to Antarctica. Monday's temperatures are in the single digits, but in Antarctica, highs are in the 30s. Meteorologist ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Antarctic ice sheet, averaging two kilometers thick, holds enough freshwater to raise global sea levels by 58 meters. Ice loss from this sheet is expected to ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The West Antarctic Rift System is home to over 130 volcanoes, many of which are locked away under thick layers of ice. A new study ...

Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps. This is the first time these tiny pieces of plastic ...

This year I was offered the opportunity to go to Antarctica, a journey of almost 7,000 miles through the air, on land, and finally on water, to a part of the world that far less than 1 percent of ...

The phenomenon occurs because the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun as the planet rotates around it, and Antarctica is at its closest point to the sun on the rotation.

Antarctica is truly a bucket-list destination, as the beautiful continent can be difficult and expensive to get to. Most Antarctic cruises cost thousands of dollars a person and many only sail ...