The book tells the true story of one seal’s travels in an Antarctic desert provides an engaging framework to convey how different Antarctica and the Dry Valleys are from the environments with which ...

What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

Switzerland's glaciers could almost disappear due to global warming. Melting ice in the Alps will have an impact on large ...

Strange, tiny structures have been found in the rocks around the deserts of southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Scientists are now confident that these unusual formations were not made by a ...

Graduate student Tristan Bench, who majored in geology as an undergraduate, spent two months in Antarctica recording glacial ...

Aurora Australis (Southern Lights) Similar to its northern counterpart, the aurora australis illuminates the skies above Antarctica and the southernmost ... over millions of years into dramatic cliffs ...

Underneath Antarctica’s endless sheets of ice lies a hidden world of deep valleys, towering peaks, and sprawling plains. For ...

Scenic Eclipse II redefines ultra-luxury exploration. Purpose-built for the world’s most extreme environments, it combines the sleek sophistication of a superyacht with industry-leading technology.

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences. As Totten Glacier oozes off the ...