Antarctica

Strains of a "superpower" bacteria that could cause the world's next deadly pandemic have been discovered by scientists in Antarctica.

In total, around 85,000 earthquakes were recorded over the course of the swarm, which occurred near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Saturday's solar eclipse will be the first one of the year and is set to partially block out the sun over parts of South America and Antarctica.

"I have dived in places where no one has ever been, and seen animals that no one has seen before," the marine biologist said.

The eerie footage shows Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship in impeccable condition, a century after it was famously sunken after becoming crushed by sea ice.

An iceberg nearly the size of Rhode Island is blocking researchers from reaching Thwaites Glacier, which is melting at a rapidly increasing rate.

Scientists found evidence of the previously unknown solar storm after analyzing ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica.

Footage showing the Kororā penguin's extremely lucky escape was released by the tour group Blue Penguins Pukekura.

Scientists have warned this level of travel could cause invasive species to be transported to the frozen continent.

Thwaites glacier in Antarctica is melting, adding about 50 billion tons of ice into the sea every year.

Steve Irwin died 15 years ago after being struck by a stingray while filming in the Great Barrier Reef.

Walkers found the lost and tired-looking animal, which has been relocated to a beach with fewer predators in the hopes it will swim home.

In some areas there were up to 15 mummified penguins per square yard.

The woman, named Toni, lives at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole research station and posts videos answering TikTokers' questions about life in Antarctica.

TikToker Joe, who has been working at a South Pole research station, showed the end of the region's six-month night in a video.

The New Zealand air force flew more than 2,400 miles in order to land on an ice runway in Antarctica and evacuate the injured individual.

The National Geographic Society has been considering the decision to officially recognize the Southern Ocean for years as the term became increasingly popular among scientists.

TikTok user @antwuhnet takes viewers inside her life at the South Pole, documenting everything from her dorm room to the incredible views.

An iceberg split on such a scale only happens roughly once every 10 years, researchers said. This time, a research ship was nearby.

Paul Grisham misplaced the item, containing his driver's license and Navy ID, in 1968 after a 13-month placement on the remote continent.

Paul Grisham, 91, originally from Douglas, Arizona, lost the wallet in the frozen continent where he worked in the 1960s.

Antarctica's record of being the last place on earth untouched by COVID-19 has reportedly ended, after at least 36 people stationed at Chile's General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelm research base in Antarctica recently tested positive for the virus.

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The calving event is expected to take place on the Larsen D ice shelf within the next month.

Tiny plastic fragments have been documented in virtually every ecosystem on Earth.

Researchers say the anomalies recorded in Antarctica may be the result of cosmic rays being reflected back after hitting subsurface features.

The atmospheric region above the Southern Ocean was found to be free from anthropogenic particles.

At the world's southernmost city, while coronavirus slams the world, the tall ship Bark Europa set sails an epic saga of 80 days at sea, a journey that hasn't been done since the beginning of the 19th century.

Scientists have mapped changes to the algae that forms on the surface of snow during the frozen continent's summer months.

Scientists from Denmark were studying a king penguin colony to assess its impact on greenhouse gas emissions.