ANTARCTICA

Antarctica's Tourists Are Turning into Citizen Scientists to Clean Up the Continent

Scientists and cruise operators are fighting the impacts of tourism in Antarctica—with the help of tourists themselves.

The still-intact wheel of Shackleton's ill-fated vessel.

Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 'Endurance' Shipwreck Has Been Found After More Than a Century

Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated ‘Endurance’ sunk 107 years ago near Antarctica, kicking off one of the most thrilling survival stories of all time.

An artist’s interpretation of the birth of a baby mosasaur.

This Football-Sized Fossil Egg is the First Found in Antarctica, and It May Have Belonged to a Mosasaur

The 68-million-year-old fossil egg’s mystery mother may have been one of the fiercest marine predators from the Late Cretaceous period.

Penguin Poop Makes So Much Laughing Gas That Scientists Studying It Go ‘Completely Cuckoo’

When it breaks down, poop from king penguins releases nitrous oxide—a gas that affects both the environment and the scientists who study it.

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica

Death at the South Pole: The Mystery of Antarctica's Unsolved Poisoning Case

In 2000, Rodney Marks died suddenly from methanol poisoning in a remote research station in Antarctica. Nearly 20 years later, the circumstances surrounding his death remain a mystery.

Where Does All the Human Poop in Antarctica End Up?

Antarctica is one of the last pristine places on Earth. The only problem? The scientists and tourists who travel there keep defecating.

Listen to the Eerie Song of Antarctica's Largest Ice Shelf

The sound was impossible to hear until recently.