Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Arctic sea-ice is currently at its smallest recorded extent for the time of year, while Antarctic sea-ice is close to a new ...

By Newsbase Extreme winter warming event linked to a deep low-pressure system above Iceland WHAT: The North Pole has ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

Yet Antarctica is classified as a desert ... In his diary, he had written, “Just pray going North is that much easier.” Yet, as he climbed the Titan Dome, he found the ascent to be “a ...

Antarctica has a wild ... considering he was already widely famous for being the first to fly over both the north and south poles.

There will also be two total lunar eclipses that occur during the March and September full moon events. A lunar eclipse, ...

An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be ...

Try heading to Antarctica. Monday's temperatures are in ... Chicago is also colder than North Pole, Alaska, where highs are in the mid-20s. A cold weather advisory is in effect until noon on ...

Antarctica may have been a refuge for early waterfowl ancestors, shielding them from the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.