Category: Antarctica

Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth. It is home to some of the most extreme and unique environments in the world. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent in the world, and is located in the Southern Hemisphere, south of the Antarctic Circle. It is surrounded by the Southern Ocean and is almost completely covered in ice.

Antarctica is home to many unique species of wildlife, including penguins, seals, whales, and seab

↪ ‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance 2 months ago
↪ ‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers 4 months ago
↪ ‘A bellwether of change’: speed of glacier shrinking on remote Heard Island sounds alarm 12 months ago
↪ Melting glaciers and ice caps could unleash wave of volcanic eruptions, study says 1 year ago
↪ Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but US halt to data sharing will make it harder, scientists warn 1 year ago
↪ Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating – but the US is halting data sharing 1 year ago
↪ ‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist on Antarctic tipping points 1 year ago
↪ Antarctica ‘too wild for humans to rule’, says Shackleton medal winner 1 year ago
↪ I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard | Jennifer Verduin 1 year ago
↪ ‘Last chance for humanity’: the cold reality of monitoring global heating on a glacier 1 year ago