It may be the middle of summer here, but it is the middle of winter in the southern hemisphere. Temperatures on the East Antarctica Plateau, a giant ice shelf with an average elevation of 11,000 feet, ...

The fall climbing season has ended in the Himalayas, home to the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains in the world. While some ambitious mountaineers will attempt winter climbs on ...

The one place that always comes up when extreme cold is discussed is Vostok Station in Antarctica. This Russian research outpost holds the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth, a ...

Researchers from Europe have spent more than 200 days braving sub-zero temperatures at a drilling site near Antarctica's Concordia Research Station. This month, they finally saw the fruit of their ...

The British Antarctic Survey announced that the remains of 25-year-old meteorologist Dennis "Tink" Bell were found 66 years after his disappearance. Although Bell’s remains were recovered in January, ...

Congratulations, Antarctica! You're still the coldest place on Earth. And in 2010, you hosted a new record low temperature. A new look at old NASA Landsat 8 satellite data showed that, on August 10, ...

It is my search for adrenaline and adventure that led me to Antarctica. As a photographer who specializes in taking scientific and industrial images, I have travelled to many locations around the ...

The depths beneath Antarctica's glacial formations have long remained one of Earth's most impenetrable frontiers. Recent ...

The Ice Memory Foundation is preparing for the upcoming transport of ice cores from mountain glaciers to the Ice Memory Sanctuary in Antarctica. The announcement was made as part of the launch of the ...

vol. 1. Glaciological studies at Wilkes Station, Budd Coast, Antarctica / Richard Leo Cameron -- Glaciological studies in West Antarctica, 1960-1962 / Hiromu Shimizu -- Horizontal strain and absolute ...