A pyramid-shaped mountain peak in the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica has captured global attention, appearing as a strikingly geometric formation. This natural wonder, revealed by melting glaciers, ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

Off the Oscar II coast in the eastern Antarctic Peninsula, south way from the mountains, Hektoria Glacier is melting faster than an ice-cream on a hot summer day. Babbling within ...

Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Transantarctic Mountains ...

Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around ...

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological mystery.

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Planning for an expedition to Antarctica can feel overwhelming, with many questions about what to pack, how to prepare and ...

Leo Houlding, Jean Burgun and Mark Sedon reach the Spectre and the Organ Pipe Peaks, Gothic Mountains, Antarctica after having hauled their sledges for 300 km Planetmountain.com is a site about ...

As mountains go, Antarctica’s Vinson Massif* is not particularly awe-inspiring in its height. A humpbacked hunk of granite that rises to 16,860 ft., Vinson is the highest known peak on the continent, ...

John Long, John Long, Foreword by Tim Bowden. Joseph Henry Press, $24.95 (270pp) ISBN 978-0-309-07077-5 Antarctica, once the center of the prehistoric supercontinent Gondwana, contains some of the ...

During their return from the Mt. Spectre in Antarctica, Leo Houlding, Jean Burgun and Mark Sedon witnessed a spectacular solar corona display. As mentioned in mid-December, Leo Houlding, Jean Burgun ...