Cruise industry giants Silversea announced this week its plans to build a luxury hotel in the Chilean town of Puerto Williams to revolutionize Antarctic tourism. The 150-room complex “will allow ...

A cruise is the easiest and most affordable way to get to Antarctica, but there are also flights for those who want to skip the seasickness. There may be only one season for visiting Antarctica ...

Upon arriving in Antarctica, Hartigan was expecting to see plastic debris littering the landscape — a common sight in many parts of the world. But the plastic junk she was expecting wasn’t there.

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there impacts the world well beyond the coast — influencing weather patterns and ...

Female emperor penguins lay a single pear-shaped egg early in the Antarctic winter when temperatures can dip to minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit and winds can reach hurricane force. Needing to ...

He was part of the sixth Soviet Antarctic expedition sent to build a new base at the Schirmacher Oasis. As the polar winter rolled in, Leonid reportedly started to feel tired, weak and nauseous ...

The cold bites at my toes as I try to navigate the darkness, the temperature plummeting into negative double digits as I ...

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A massive gap in Antarctic sea ice shocked scientists in 2017, opening above Maud Rise and staying open for weeks—longer than expected. NOAA called it a "climate mystery in motion." Ekman ...

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Where no observation is available within the last 75 minutes, the latest observation is shown in italics and coloured and removed from the table after 30 hours. Station names link to data for the ...

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