A previously unidentified island in Antarctica's Weddell Sea has been discovered by researchers, after what was marked as a hazard turned out to be rock, not ice.

In the new National Geographic Documentary Films project “Endurance” a camera crew led by BAFTA nominee Natalie Hewit and Oscar-winning documentarian duo Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ...

The age of Antarctic exploration was one of those rare chapters in history where curiosity pushed people into conditions that most of us could barely imagine. Explorers set out into freezing, ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is this visitor to Antarctica going crazy or having a good time? Tim Bieber/Photodisc via Getty Images As Midwinter Day approaches ...

A kite-blown science expedition to the interior of Antarctica has made the most southerly positioning fixes yet made with Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system. Their measurements not only ...

Side-by-side photos: left, a tracked vehicle labeled "Trans Antarctic Expedition" crossing a deep ice crevasse; right, an old sailing ship trapped in Antarctic sea ice. The age of Antarctic ...

Exclusive: See a clip from the newest National Geographic documentary from Oscar-winning duo Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, alongside co-director Natalie Hewit, about two generations of ...