Antarctic

High in a narrow, seawater-filled crevasse in the base of Antarctica's largest ice shelf, cameras on the remotely operated Icefin underwater vehicle relayed a sudden change in scenery. Walls of smooth, cloudy meteoric ice suddenly turned…

Issued on: 27/02/2023 - 22:02 Antarctic sea ice likely shrunk to a record low last week, US researchers said Monday, its lowest extent in the 45 years of satellite…

When Britney Schmidt piloted a robot down a narrow bore hole to explore the underbelly of the world's widest glacier, she was amazed by what she saw — ice pockmarked by crevasses and staircase-like patterns."I never thought of being able to…

New research finds that ice-sheet-wide collapse in West Antarctica isn't inevitable: the pace of ice loss varies according to regional differences in atmosphere and ocean circulation. An international team of researchers has combined…

IMAGE: A runner participates in the Antarctic Ice Marathon, in Union Glacier, on December 14, 2022. Photographs: Mark Conlon/Antarctic Ice Marathon/REUTERS Courageous runners braved snow and freezing temperatures this week for the…

A U.S. woman was killed and four other passengers injured when a massive wave struck the Viking Polaris cruise ship while it was sailing toward the port of Ushuaia in southern Argentina on an Antarctic cruise, authorities said.…

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As It Happens7:35Antarctic research stations rife with sexism and harassment, Australian probe findsMeredith Nash has spoken to a lot of Antarctic researchers, but she's particularly concerned about the young women just starting out in…

CNN  —  Australian women working on research bases in Antarctica have been plagued by a widespread culture of sexual harassment, a recently released report found.…

Antarctica’s coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world’s largest ice sheet over the past 25 years, a satellite analysis showed on…