As a clear demonstration of "the ability of man to advance" past 500 kilometers (311 miles) in Antarctica, the National Science Foundation Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is located at the ...

At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea ...

The Arctic is home to pristine artifacts. A few archeologists are rushing to find them, and the critical clues they can offer ...

The ancient soils of Arctic permafrost, seen here in the wall of the Batagaika ... in the case of Arctic sea ice? Sea ice reflects the sun’s rays, keeping the ocean below it cold.

For decades, the Arctic has steadily been losing sea ice, causing some climatologists to guess that the first month of an ice-free Arctic could arrive sometime in the 2030s.

A new study about Earth's northernmost seafloor hydrothermal system shows even more variety in vent styles than previously ...

The decline of sea ice around Antarctica is fueling more frequent storms in the Southern Ocean, a new study finds.

This aligns with observations of long-term warming for Arctic surface ocean waters. Sea ice-dependent animals can also be forced ashore or into longer fasting seasons. The Arctic shipping season ...

founded in 1990 set up a specialized Global Shift Working Group in 1991 which decided the five key cross-discipline field of the Arctic study, with interplay between ocean-sea ice-atmosphere and ...