Woman, 21, becomes youngest person to reach South Pole on skis

Karen Kylleso accomplished the feat 114 years after polar explorer Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South Pole.

• Jan 14, 2025

Details of iconic shipwreck revealed in never-before-seen footage

"Endurance" features thousands of 3D scans shot by a 4K camera deployed to a depth of nearly 10,000 feet.

• Oct 16, 2024

"Doomsday Glacier" set to retreat "further and faster," scientists warn

Scientists from the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration warn of a "grim outlook" for the Thwaites Glacier, also known as the "Doomsday Glacier."

• Sep 20, 2024

Ship on which famed explorer died found on ocean floor

Ernest Shackleton was a legendary explorer who sailed to the edges of the Earth and died on a voyage to Antarctica.

• Jun 12, 2024

Antarctica's "doomsday glacier" undergoing "vigorous ice melt," study finds

The "doomsday glacier" packs so much ice that if it were to completely collapse, it could singlehandedly cause global sea levels to rise by more than two feet.

• May 22, 2024

Nature: Icebergs

We leave you this Sunday amid icebergs in the Southern Ocean off the Antarctic peninsula – icebergs rapidly melting as ocean temperatures rise. Videographer: Lee McEachern.

• Apr 21, 2024
• 01:40

"Sistahs to the Summit" conquer Antarctica

Following their historic ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2022, an adventurous group of 14 Black American women, known as "Sistahs to the Summit," have now embarked on a remarkable expedition to Antarctica.

• Feb 23, 2024
• 07:02

World's largest iceberg on the move

Satellite imagery from recent months shows Antarctica's A23a gradually heading north toward open water after breaking free from the ocean floor last November. Iceberg researcher Dr. Andrew Meijers joins CBS News to discuss.

• Feb 9, 2024
• 04:09

Rare white penguin found in Antarctica

The rare condition could be deadly for the penguin, as it makes it easier for predators to hunt it, experts say.

• Jan 15, 2024

Whales create Fibonacci spiral of bubbles

Humpback whales in Antarctica created a mesmerizing scene as they blew bubbles in the shape of a Fibonacci spiral, a pattern based on the Fibonacci sequence of numbers in which every number is the sum of the two numbers before it.

• Jan 10, 2024
• 01:26

Humpback whales create stunning spiral to capture prey

Two humpback whales used the "Golden Spiral" to go hunting – and it created a "mesmerising dance" that one lucky photographer says he'll never forget.

• Jan 10, 2024

Why scientists are hunting for the oldest ice in Antarctica

Their work near the South Pole means camping on the ice without showers or flushing toilets for seven weeks — but what we can learn about climate change there is essential to science.

• Dec 26, 2023

Scientists search for Antarctica's oldest ice

Researchers from universities across the country are searching for a continuous core of ice that is 1.5 million years old — or even older. National environmental correspondent David Schechter reports air bubbles trapped inside that ice can tell scientists what the atmosphere was like then and help us understand our own changing climate today.

• Dec 26, 2023
• 04:17

Octopus DNA reveals collapse of Antarctic ice sheet is "close"

Sea level rise of 3.3 meters would drastically alter the world map as we know it, submerging low-lying coastal areas everywhere.

• Dec 22, 2023

Radar data helps scientists estimate weight of the world's biggest iceberg

Scientists say they've figured out how much A23a, the world's biggest iceberg, weighs - and it's a whopper.

• Dec 14, 2023

Video shows ship's "lucky" encounter with world's largest iceberg

The sighting came just days after scientists declared the iceberg was "on the move" for the first time in 37 years.

• Dec 4, 2023

World's largest iceberg is "on the move" for first time in 37 years

The iceberg, which once hosted a Soviet research station, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986, but then became grounded in the Weddell Sea.

• Nov 24, 2023

Man found not guilty of assaulting woman at U.S. station in Antarctica

Stephen Tyler Bieneman cried as each juror was polled and said they found him not guilty of misdemeanor assault in connection with an incident at McMurdo Station.

• Nov 9, 2023

Man accused of Antarctic assault was then sent to remote area with students

A man accused of assault in Antarctica was then sent to look after the safety of a professor and three young graduate students on a remote icefield.

• Nov 6, 2023

Scientists discover ancient landscape "frozen in time" under Antarctic ice

"No one's laid eyes on it," the lead author of the study said. "What is exciting is that it's been hiding there in plain sight."

• Oct 24, 2023

Icebreaker, 2 helicopters used in perilous Antarctic rescue mission

Rescuers successfully evacuated a researcher who fell seriously ill at a remote outpost in the Antarctic, but it wasn't easy.

• Sep 4, 2023

Sub deaths highlight "extreme tourism" boom as travelers chase thrills

Record numbers of tourists are set to tackle challenges like scale Mount Everest and exploring Antarctica. Sometimes they die.

• Jun 23, 2023

Polar explorer, once diagnosed with terminal cancer, still lives for adventure

One of the world's leading polar explorers, Eric Larsen has touched the South Pole and the North Pole six times each.

• Mar 15, 2023

Robot reveals more on what's eating away at Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier"

A small, pencil-shaped robot gave scientists new insights about the Thwaites ice shelf and why it's melting so quickly.

• Feb 15, 2023

Iceberg about the size of two New York Cities breaks off Antarctica

This is the second time in two years that the Brunt Ice Shelf has had a major break-off.

• Jan 24, 2023

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