Now entering its second half-century, the Antarctic Treaty seems to have withstood its tests. International Antarctic science is more robust than ever. Since 1985, the...
New Year’s is always a rocking time in Antarctica. The annual IceStock outdoor music concert and festival featured more than six hours of music that...
Researchers involved in a long-term population study of Weddell seals near the U.S. Antarctic Program’s McMurdo Station recently reported that it had found a 29-year-old...
It’s cliche but true: Antarctica represents the harshest environment on the planet. That offers a hint about the nature of the research under way by...