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Bars to Stop Serving Alcohol at Main US Antarctic Base
From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency that oversees the research program decided to stop...
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Antarctica Ice Study Delivers 'Not Great News'
No matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an "unavoidable" melt, according to a new study. Though the full melt will...
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Jury Rules on Antarctic Assault Claims: 'This Vindicates Him'
A federal jury on Wednesday found a man not guilty of assaulting a woman at a US research station in Antarctica in a case that drew attention amid reports of harassment and assault at the station....
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World's Largest Iceberg Is Finally on the Move
An iceberg bigger than some small countries has broken loose from the floor of Antarctica's Weddell Sea and is on the move for the first time in nearly 40 years. At almost 1,500 square miles in...
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World's Biggest Iceberg Is on Its Death March
Scientists just got an up-close look at the world's largest iceberg , now on a slow march to its death. The iceberg that hosted a Soviet research station before breaking off Antarctica's Filchner Ice...
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Poop Seen From Space Leads to Emperor Penguin Discovery
Scientists have spotted previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in Antarctica, all thanks to poop that could be seen from space. As NBC News reports, Peter Fretwell with the British Antarctic...
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An Unwanted First in Nasty Bird Flu
An unfortunate milestone has been logged in the continuing spread of a lethal form of bird flu, which has wreaked havoc from continent to continent since it first appeared in 2020. For the first time,...
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Isolated Staffers in Antarctica Show How New Accents Begin
Together through extreme isolation for months on end, wintering researchers in Antarctica develop close relationships—and, as one study found, a new way of talking, too. The BBC reports that over six...
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'Hundreds' of Dead Seals Block Antarctic Explorer's Grave
Passengers who'd hoped to walk with penguins on a cruise around the Antarctic Peninsula and the island of South Georgia weren't allowed to go ashore, but they witnessed distressing scenes of animals...
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