Antarctica isn’t a floating chunk of ice like the Arctic. Beneath its frozen surface sits a solid continent of mountains, rocky terrain, and gold-spewing volcanoes. This hidden world has now ...

A crew of four private astronauts have become the first to ever fly over the Earth's poles in space, gaining a sublime view ...

Scientists have unveiled the most detailed map yet of the landscape hidden beneath Antarctica's ice. The high-resolution map reveals what the frozen continent looks like beneath its miles-thick ...

SEE ALSO: Large parts of West Antarctic Ice Sheet could ... which was when Arctic sea ice hit its all-time record low. "It looks like a triple whammy—a warm ocean, a warm atmosphere, and a ...

The thermometer has a range of about 120 degrees; and while the round of the seasons brings but little change in the f right-fiul antarctic wastes, nothing can surpass the beauty of the j arctic ...

Scattered glaciers, stark landscapes, extreme weather, and impressive wildlife are all calling cards of the Arctic and Antarctic. Reactions to these regions are polarizing and they aren’t very popular ...

Millions of years ago, the Antarctic continent was a lush jungle ... the previous generation. To look beneath the 27 million cubic kilometers of ice, researchers used radar, sound waves, and ...

The new map of Antarctica's topography beneath the ice gives scientists a better look at how the continent might respond to global warming. Last week, the BAS released Bedmap3, "the most detailed ...