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A London-Sized Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica

By Jasmine Aguilera

These Charts Show How High Sea Levels Will Rise if Antarctica's Ice Continues to Melt

By Jeffrey Kluger

Sea Levels Might Rise Because of This Unstable Glacier

By Jasmine Aguilera

Breaking the Ice Ceiling: The Women Working in Antarctica Today

By Maïa Booker
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A 100-Year-Old Fruitcake Was Found 'Perfectly Preserved' in Antarctica

It still looks edible

By Rachel Lewis

New Discovery in Antarctica Suggests Ice Sheets Could Disappear Way Faster Than Previously Thought

Scientists have uncovered a vast network of flowing water that could destabilize the continent

By Justin Worland

An Iceberg the Size of Delaware Is Set to Break Off From Antarctica

The ice shelf will lose more than 10% of its area when the iceberg breaks off

By Kate Samuelson

See the Giant Crack That Could Collapse Part of an Antarctic Ice Shelf

A large crack in an Antarctic ice shelf has grown by 13 miles in the past six months

By Justin Worland

2 Sick Workers Rescued From Remote South Pole Station

It's only the third time that a rescue has ever been attempted during the Antarctic winter

By Amanda Calvo

Plane Lands at the South Pole For Risky Rescue Mission

The rescue is anything but routine with only two such missions ever achieved

By Amanda Calvo

Australia Rescues 37 People Stranded on Ship in Antarctica

The Aurora Australis is a 4,311-ton icebreaker

By Nash Jenkins

There's More Than Meets the Eye to This Photo of an Iceberg Dwarfing a Ship

That's a 3,300-ton ship

By Justin Worland

Antarctica May Have Just Seen Its Hottest Day Ever

The continent appears to have hit 63.5 F for the first time thanks to global warming

By Eliana Dockterman

Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 27

1. Why did Saudi Arabia lead airstrikes on the rebels who’ve seized Yemen? The answer isn’t as clear as it seems. By Frederic Wehrey at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2. Three black swimmers...

By The Aspen Institute

The Antarctic Ice Shelves Are Melting Rapidly

The rate is also accelerating over time

By Sabrina Toppa

Scientists Discover Fish Living Deep Below Antarctic Ice

A National Science Foundation-funded expedition to the Antarctic has unearthed a surprising result: There are fish who live without sunlight under almost half a mile of ice in 28-degree water. Scientists had never before sampled...

By Jack Dickey

Antarctic Tourism Could Pose Threat to Penguins

Scientists sound the alarm after foreign pathogens sweep through penguin colonies

Melting Away: Stunning Photos of Disappearing Icebergs

After spending 10 years making portraits of icebergs, Camille Seaman is worried that the next generation may never see these wonders at all

By Ye Ming

The Freezing-Cold Place Where Scientists Found Life

There are close to 4,000 organisms living in the lake, which hasn’t seen sunlight for millions of years

By TIME Video

There's Life Beneath the Antarctic

It could help point to the possibilities of life on other planets

By Melissa Hellmann
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