In 1739, long before anyone reached Antarctica, Philippe Buache published a map that appeared to show the continent without its ice. The map even split the landmass with a central sea, a feature some ...

Google Maps recently added a new round of panoramic Street View images from Antarctica including such points of interest as explorer Ernest Shackleton’s hut from the Nimrod expedition and the ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...

Scientists have completed the most detailed map of the land under the frozen ice sheet of Antarctica. This is the third version of this map, and is known as Bedmap3. It has incorporated data from ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has released an interactive map of Antarctica. It combines information on coastlines and contours and is available to everyone from tourists to researchers to the ...

Google today (July 17) added historically significant imagery to its map of Antarctica so people anywhere are able to explore this remote destination. The collection of panoramic images has also been ...

We take a look at a handful misconceptions about Antarctica, from its alleged populations of bears to its current ownership.