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Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic has announced that environmental landscape artist Zaria Forman will join two of the line's Antarctica cruises on November 7 and 27. Zaria’s inspiration for her ...

Hidden beneath the thick, frozen skin of East Antarctica lies a surprising discovery—ancient river-carved landscapes that may hold the key to understanding how the vast ice sheet will behave as the ...

This article was published 13/11/2017 (2864 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. Hugh Conacher is hoping his images from the bottom of the world will capture the hearts and minds ...

A crack in an ice sheet. Beneath East Antarctica's undulating ice sheet lies an ancient, river-carved landscape that provides a perfect snapshot of the region before glaciers covered the continent, a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antarctica has not always been a desolate land of ice and snow. Earth's southernmost continent once was home to rivers and forests teeming with life. Using satellite ...

A groundbreaking new map offers an unprecedented glimpse beneath the vast ice sheets of Antarctica, revealing a landscape that has been hidden for millions of years. This detailed visualization, a ...

In the face of growing global pressures, a new report from Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future (SAEF), including University of Adelaide researchers, highlights the opportunity to strengthen and ...

IN LATE NOVEMBER, the first commercial airliner touched down on an icy strip of Antarctica. It took a little while for the news to reach the rest of the world, which reacted with a mix of marvel and ...