Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life except around the coasts. But this wasn't always the case. In 1833, naturalist James Eights found fossilized wood buried in the continent's ...

The glacial meltwater streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs), Antarctica only flow during the austral summer and contain abundant algal mats which grow at the onset of flow. The algal abundance in ...

Did you know the largest desert in the world isn’t hot? It’s cold! Surprised? A desert doesn’t need to be sandy—it just has to be very dry. Antarctica is the largest desert on Earth. This continent, ...

Sudden and rare warming events in Antarctica may have delayed the arrival of the ozone hole that appears above the frozen continent every year, scientists say. These warming events likely impacted a ...

Pia Lourdes D. Partoza, past president of the Davao Travel Agencies Association, discusses the Antarctica Tour package during ...