The melting of the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica poses the biggest threat to sea level rise this century, ScitechDaily reports. Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, sometimes called the Doomsday Glacier, is melting rapidly as warming oceans slowly...
In Antarctica, scientists have discovered a supervolcano that is larger and potentially more dangerous than even one of the most terrible volcanoes in the world - the Yellowstone caldera. The Reporter writes about this. Scientists have found a whole group of volcanoes under the ice of Antarctica. It turned out that one of them is even larger and...
Antarctica can no longer be considered the last region free of Covid-19, writes the BBC. The first coronavirus infection in Antarctica was discovered at the Chilean O'Higgins base. It is located relatively close to the Ukrainian station “Akademik Vernadsky” (370 km), however, there is no data on contacts between Chileans and Ukrainians...
When there is only harsh nature and not a single person around, many things appear in a new light, writes Lifehacker. Richard Byrd was one of the first American aviators. The air expeditions he led crossed the Atlantic Ocean, part of the Arctic Ocean and part of the Polar Plateau...
Residents of the Chilean Antarctic station told the BBC about what was happening on the continent. Antarctica is the only continent where there is not a single person infected with coronavirus. Access to medicine and necessary equipment is limited there, and the spread of the virus could lead to serious consequences.…
The world's largest iceberg, which has broken away from a glacier in West Antarctica, should soon go free floating, according to the BBC. Temperatures in northern Antarctica, the continent best known for its snow, ice and penguins, hit a record 65 degrees ...
Airbnb is looking for five people to take a fully paid one-month trip to Antarctica to study the human impact on the environment on an isolated continent. The rental platform has partnered with the nonprofit advocacy group Ocean Conservancy to organize an "Antarctic sabbatical" that ...
American Colin O'Brady from Portland became the first person to cross Antarctica without assistance. He completed a 54-day journey that was previously considered impossible. As Snob writes, the 33-year-old traveler crossed the icy desert of Antarctica through the South Pole and reached the opposite shore. Total O'Brady...
Part of the western Larsen C Glacier - the largest of the Antarctic ice shelves - split off to form one of the largest icebergs on record. This happened between July 10 and 12, writes USA Today. Scientists have been observing for several months ...
The representative of the deputy of the State Duma Alexander Sidyakin announced the disappearance of the parliamentarian in Antarctica. According to Sidyakin's assistant, deputy Oleg Savchenko, who was heading from the training camp to Mount Vinson, accompanied by a guide, also did not get in touch with Sidyakin to hoist ...