UCT researchers explored Antarctica’s Fimbul Ice Shelf, collecting data to model future climate shifts and marking South ...

In mid-January, a team of scientists were sailing aboard a research vessel in frigid Antarctic waters. They planned to ...

Larsen C lies next to a smaller ice shelf that disintegrated in 2002 after developing a crack similar to the one ... northerly of the remaining major Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves.

A larger ice formation broke off in 1986 from the Antarctic Filchner Ice Shelf when it cracked into three smaller pieces, A23a being one of them. Experts have tracked it and found that for months ...

These are slow-moving pillars and waves that, as the days and weeks go on, will continue to grow and bend and crack apart ... This is the annual sea ice cycle in Antarctica, a vital regulator of the ...

Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic iceberg about 19 miles long cracked off the ... none do so under the dark Antarctic ice. Instead, ocean currents ...

Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: A gigantic iceberg about 19 miles long cracked off the ... none do so under the dark Antarctic ice. Instead, ocean currents ...

Photo / 123rf Researchers were working off the coast of Antarctica when it happened: a gigantic iceberg about 30km long cracked off ... do so under the dark Antarctic ice. Instead, ocean currents ...

Known for its extreme climate that comes with deadly blizzards, Antarctica is home to peaceful research initiatives by member states of the Antarctic Treaty. It will now be home to the biggest wind ...