MADISON – The Antarctic tundra may seem like it's a world away from Wisconsin, but for a team of Wisconsin researchers, it's a part of their daily routine to monitor the continent's temperature, wind ...

National Science Foundation-funded scientists working in an ice-free region of Antarctica have discovered the last traces of tundra–in the form of fossilized plants and insects–on the interior of the ...

Off the coast of Antarctica, the sea ice retreated toward the southernmost continent and, like a bottle cap taken off a soda bottle, that reduced pressure slowed down a process of critical carbon ...

In January 1774, Captain James Cook’s third and final attempt to sail south in search of the elusive Terra Australis was blocked by impenetrable sea ice. A frustrated Cook left the question of a ...

SEATTLE — Quark Expeditions has opened bookings for its Arctic 2027 and Antarctic 2027/28 voyages – earlier than any time in ...