Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

Antarctica is a place of superlatives—it’s the coldest, highest, driest, and windiest continent on Earth. Though few plants and animals can survive on its shores, its oceans are full of ...

A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists announced in a recent study. In fact, the research showed that vegetation ...

Windsor's Jasdeep Singh recently achieved his goal of running a marathon on every continent. The final one was in Antarctica. (Submitted by Jasdeep Singh) When he first began to run, Singh says he ...

This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on Antarctica, the coldest, windiest continent on Earth and the least inhabited. One clip introduces us to the idea of glaciers as rivers of ...

In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew set sail on a journey to Antarctica. Their mission? To become the first people to ever cross the entire continent, which is roughly 1.3 ...

The 1959 Antarctic Treaty established the principle of not allowing oil development in Antarctica, intended to maintain the continent as a place of peace and science. The treaty’s primary objective is ...

Windsor's Jasdeep Singh recently achieved his goal of running a marathon on every continent. The final one was in Antarctica. (Submitted by Jasdeep Singh) When he first began to run, Singh says he ...

Leopard seals had always been considered an Antarctic species, residing predominantly within the pack ice. Births were always thought to occur on the ice flows surrounding the continent.

While flying over Antarctica could potentially shorten some flight routes, the frozen continent remains largely off-limits to commercial air travel - and for good reason, as a pilot recently ...