Generations of Times journalists have journeyed there with scientists. Their coverage traces humankind’s changing ...

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples ...

The majority of Antarctica is covered in a thick sheet of ice, but what lies beneath its frozen surface has largely remained ...

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, ...

Is it hard to fly a helicopter in the Antarctic cold? What do penguins sound like? How about the instruments designed to test ...

Yet much about the landscape under the ice has been uncertain, because ground and air surveys are difficult in the region.

The Ice Memory Foundation, a consortium of European research institutes, inaugurated the frozen sanctuary on Wednesday at the ...

The storing of the very first heritage cores in Antarctica marks a pivotal moment for the Ice Memory project launched in 2015 ...

An ice core is something of a time capsule, containing the history of the Earth’s past atmosphere in a frozen climate archive ...

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.

From sealing captain Nathaniel Palmer to Adm. Richard Byrd and Quonset's role in Operation Deep Freeze, RI has left its mark ...

NASA completed its Antarctic balloon campaign using high-altitude balloons to study cosmic rays, anti-matter and high-energy ...