Antarctica
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4 months ago

Huge iceberg breaks away in Antarctica

A huge iceberg some 600 square miles — approximately the size of Oklahoma City — is seen calving from an ice shelf.
4 months ago
Huge iceberg breaks away in Antarctica
5 months ago

China note! EU-member Sweden locates rare earth deposits

A Swedish government-owned iron ore mining company says it has identified “significant deposits” of rare earth elements in Arctic Sweden that are essential for the manufacture of electric vehicles and wind turbines
5 months ago
Huge rare earth elements deposit in Arctic Sweden
5 months ago

Camera sent underground to uncover Earth's oldest ice

A Ph.D. student in Antarctica sent his camera more than 300 feet below ground to collect ice that researchers estimate to be over 2 million years old.
5 months ago
Camera sent underground to uncover Earth's oldest ice
6 months ago

'Rogue wave' strikes Antarctic cruise ship, leaves 1 dead and 4 injured

A passenger on an Antarctic cruise died and four others were injured after their Viking ship was struck by a "rogue wave," the cruise line said.
6 months ago
1 dead, 4 injured after 'rogue wave' strikes Antarctic cruise ship
6 months ago

US passenger killed when big wave hits Antarctic cruise ship

Authorities say a U.S. woman was killed and four other passengers injured when a massive wave struck the Viking Polaris cruise ship while it was sailing toward the port of Ushuaia in southern Argentina on an Antarctic cruise
6 months ago
US passenger killed when big wave hits Antarctic cruise ship
1 year ago

Inside look at US Navy submarine’s Arctic training

The U.S. and Russia are in a showdown for control of the Arctic Circle, and, as global tensions rise, ABC News gets a look inside a state-of-the-art U.S. Navy submarine: the USS Pasadena.
1 year ago
Inside look at US Navy submarine’s Arctic training
1 year ago

By the Numbers: Ship found in Antarctica 106 years later

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship “Endurance” was found in Antarctica.
1 year ago
By the Numbers: Ship found in Antarctica 106 years later
1 year ago

Exclusive look at new shipwreck discovery

Famous ship Endurance, which sank during a 1915 Antarctic expedition, was discovered more than a century later.
1 year ago
Exclusive look at new shipwreck discovery
3 years ago

Dramatic images show ice-less region of Antarctica following record-high temperatures

Images out of a northern region of Antarctica show a landscape nearly devoid of ice and snow following record-setting temperatures last week.
3 years ago
Dramatic images show ice-less region of Antarctica following record-high temperatures