Antarctica is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined, yet no one owns it. But that doesn’t mean it’s free for the taking. The 1959 Antarctic Treaty forbids claiming land there, but 7 ...

What comes to mind when you think of Antarctica? Probably snow and ice. But a group of international scientists are shaking up what we think we know about the continent after unveiling a new, very ...

A team of international scientists has created a map revealing Antarctica's topography beneath its miles of ice after compiling more than 60 years of data. Newsweek reached out to British Antarctic ...

Jane Younger receives funding from the Australian Research Council, WIRES Australia, the Geoffrey Evans Trust and the National Geographic Society. Australia’s Antarctic territory represents the ...