Antarctica is a place rife with opportunities for discovery, but strangely enough, the discovery of the continent itself is something of a contested topic.

An online sleuth has posted images of what looks like a gigantic alien face rising out of the snow at the South Pole. The eerie face was spotted in satellite images of the area ...

The Antarctic 'alien' was spotted by a social media user looking at satellite imagery of the area, with some speculating it could be related to as similar mysterious 'face' on Mars ...

The vehicle’s mission yielded key findings on glacial melt and deep currents before it disappeared under mysterious ...

Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's four symmetrical faces were forged through natural processes.

A peculiar satellite image of Antarctica has sparked fresh debate over the existence of extraterrestrial life. A Google Earth ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

Much of this uncertainty is because the ocean processes that control the fate of the sheet occur on an incredibly small scale ...

His courie also will be found sketched on the accompanying map. He crossed the antarctic circle some six times, and discovered Peter Island, the most southerly land then known. He did not ...

Its eerie red colour, ability to flow in freezing temperatures, and the resilient life forms within it make it one of ...

An international team of Earth and environmental scientists has found evidence that the Ronne Ice Shelf in the West Antarctic ...

The frozen continent has never been so desirable. But as other nations try to get in on the action, a race to the bottom ...