The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star departed Seattle, Nov. 27, commencing its 29th deployment to Antarctica in support of ...

As the last Ice Age waned and the Holocene dawned, deep-ocean circulation around Antarctica underwent dramatic shifts that ...

As the U.S. Coast Guard prepares to revitalize its icebreaking fleet, the Polar Star remains the only U.S. vessel capable of ...

December 2025 / Kiel. A study by an international team involving the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel shows ...

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

Dr Reti said the launch of these initiatives marks the next stage of the bilateral Antarctic Science Programme he introduced in February 2025.

On the frozen edge of the world, staying in practice as a professional musician takes ingenuity, grit and a plastic instrument for schoolchildren that's guaranteed not to freeze to your fingers or ...

Things are heating up in the icy south, and not just because of climate change. We check in with this season's polar ...

USCGC Polar Star left Elliott Bay Wednesday for Operation Deep Freeze, supporting the annual resupply of U.S. Antarctic research stations.

Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies ...

While Washington has acted to eventually address icebreaker shortcomings in the Arctic, it has not taken similar steps to ...