Either way, the continent at the bottom of our planet is 200 years old, so we thought we’d celebrate with some facts about the the coldest place on Earth. Antarctica was first sighted by humans ...

She's not sure what first piqued her interest in the most remote continent on the planet, but she longed to visit Antarctica. When she did finally reach its icy shores, she braved the freezing ...

Ice defines the white continent and its surrounding ocean – only 2% of Antarctica is free of it, with ninety percent of the world’s entire stock of ice locked up on the frozen continent.

If you picture Antarctica, a continent roughly the size of the US ... was smaller than today,’ he told Metro. ‘Such records show no evidence of enhanced volcanic activity, however.

The warmer Antarctica gets ... scientists or other visitors to the continent.” The new research used satellite images to determine that a greening trend across the Antarctic Peninsula is ...

These come at a high cost, but they do allow you to bypass the notoriously rough seas of the Drake Passage and start your cruise of Antarctica from the continent itself. Out of reach for all but ...

“The amount of ice lost annually from the Antarctic ice sheet increased at least six-fold between 1979 and 2017,” Nullis added, citing images showing cracks in glaciers in Antarctica.

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because ... than 1.1 square miles in 1986 to nearly 14.3 square miles in 2021. The warmer Antarctica gets, the ...