Portugal and member of the expedition. And that diversity offers scientists a puzzle. An octopus rests on the seafloor 3,700 feet deep in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica. The ecosystem is ...

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and ...

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

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“to save our home planet.” A version of this story appears in the April 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Ready for the adventure of a lifetime? Ponant Explorations plans to sail all the way around Antarctica. The company will undertake the feat with its icebreaker ship Le Commandant Charcot. The ...

“It was just a job.” And then tens of thousands of jobs. A version of this story appears in the April 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Photo: VCG Chinese researchers for the first time utilize existing drill holes at the Larsemann Hills in East Antarctica to gather data during China's 41st Antarctic expedition. Photo: VCG China's ...

The Southern Ocean is unique as a circumpolar body of water, flowing unimpeded around Antarctica ... U.S. Board on Geographic Names, National Geographic and the International Hydrographic ...

Thank you to Quark Expeditions for making my dream of not only stepping on my seventh continent but also hula-hooping there ...

A version of this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...