A University of Minnesota researcher is back home after a months-long journey to the end of the earth, collecting ice samples ...

One of Earth’s most dangerous glaciers has claimed a victim: a suite of instruments that became trapped deep within the ice.

Life aboard an Antarctica cruise ship is very different from traditional cruising. This video shows what daily routines look ...

The environment is changing rapidly around the melting Thwaites Glacier. Seals can collect data in waters that ships could ...

The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched its most powerful ship and heaviest icebreaker to help set free an Australian-owned cruise ...

A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker assisted an Antarctica cruise ship after shifting pack ice slowed its voyage, allowing it to safely reach open water.

A luxury cruise ship carrying hundreds of passengers found itself trapped in thick Antarctic sea ice over the weekend—until ...

A high-end expedition cruise vessel, the Scenic Eclipse II, received assistance from the heavy icebreaker USCGC Polar Star ...

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) rescued a luxury cruise ship that was trapped in a thick sheet of ice near Antarctica. The USCG responded to a request for assistance on Jan. 17 at around 11 pm local time ...

While on the USCGC Polar Star, the United States' only heavy icebreaker, the Coast Guard was able to successfully free the cruise ship and lead it out of danger A luxury cruise ship got stuck in a ...

Do snowy owls live in Antarctica? What’s the most alarming measurement scientists are watching for? What do you eat and drink? Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong answers some questions from students ...

The coast guard was in the area for a deployment as part of Operation Deep Freeze, a 50-year-old mission to support ...