Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

Anikó Tóth, lead author of the new research from UNSW, said that Antarctic ice-free lands are home to uniquely adapted flora, several species of arthropods, microbes and to breeding colonies of ...

Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and least populated continent on the planet. It is in the Southern Hemisphere and it is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. Antarctica's nearest neighbour is the ...

Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's ...

Antarctica's first sighting on January 28, 1820, by Russian explorers FF Bellingshausen and MP Lazarev marked the beginning ...

I'm part of a group of scientists who have just combined satellite data with field measurements to produce the first map of green vegetation across the whole Antarctic continent. We detected 44.2 ...

Uncle Bob is on an expedition to the South Pole, and he sent me a photo of his frozen baked beans but I don’t know where to place it on the map. Chrissie: Well, Antarctica is way down in the ...

The Australian Antarctic Data Centre, a part of the Australian Antarctic Division, have produced two details maps of Mawson Station and its surroundings. These maps are large images (340KB each).