"The change of seasons causes surface melting far inland from the coastal ice front," glaciologist Christopher Shuman said.

In March 2017, the sea ice ... The images Pellegrin has brought home are stark, scary, beautiful and otherworldly—almost literally. It is perhaps apt that NASA is studying Antarctica the same ...

The images come primarily ... Parts of Antarctica, in particular on the Peninsula, are among the fastest warming places on the planet. Some ice shelves and glaciers are undergoing dramatic change.

Other images of the area show ... from Russia's 'Gate to Hell' to Antarctica's Maud Rise polynya. The polynya - an area of open water surrounded by sea ice - has puzzled scientists since it ...