There is a language for ice. Tabulas are broad, flat-topped icebergs, and growlers are smaller bergs under three feet tall.

The first explored the South Sandwich Islands, where active tectonic activity and methane vents create warm, chemical-rich pockets of life. The second took scientists to the Bellingshausen Sea — an ...

Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around endless icebergs, frozen cliffs and mercurial glaciers. In Antarctica, the ...

A robot found over 1,000 organized fish nests under Antarctic ice, revealing geometric breeding patterns and new clues about marine life.

The calving was so drastic that it caused measurable earthquakes in the region. An Antarctic glacier has experienced a rapid retreat 10 times faster than previously measured, according to new research ...

The recent rapid retreat of an Antarctic glacier could be unprecedented, a new study suggests, a finding which could have major implications for future sea-level rise. The researchers found that ...

A new satellite image released by NASA has captured the "ongoing disintegration" of Iceberg A-23a in Antarctica, which was the world’s largest iceberg before it was reported to be shrinking rapidly ...

Earlier in 2025, UNSW Sydney Ph.D. candidate Christina Schmidt submitted her thesis—from the deck of Australia's multi-billion-dollar icebreaker, just off the East Antarctic coast. Schmidt's research ...