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Life found half a mile below Antarctic ice
8-21-2014 |
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Researchers in Antarctica have revealed the discovery of a whole ecosystem living beneath the pack ice.
Antarctic base suffers power outage at -55C
8-10-2014 | 6
The 13 staff members at Halley Research Station in Antarctica have been attempting to fix their heating.
Massive canyon found under Antarctic ice
1-18-2014 | 24
A huge subglacial trench deeper than the Grand Canyon has been discovered hidden beneath the Antarctic.
Ice-loving sea anemones discovered
1-4-2014 | 0
A new species of sea anemone has been found that clings to the underside of Antarctica's ice sheets.
Could Antarctica be teeming with diamonds ?
12-18-2013 | 11
A new discovery has opened up the possibility of a diamond rush in the world's coldest continent.
Coldest place on Earth discovered
12-9-2013 | 18
Scientists have measured a record-breaking temperature of -91C on a mountain ridge in Antarctica.
Active volcano discovered in Antarctica
11-19-2013 | 3
Researchers have uncovered an active volcano deep below the thick Antarctic ice sheet.
World's oldest air could be trapped under ice
11-10-2013 | 2
Tiny bubbles of air dating back over 1.5 million years could be trapped under the Antarctic ice sheet.
Astronomers in China search for alien life
5-26-2013 | 12
Survey telescopes set up in Antarctica are being used by Chinese astronomers to look for alien planets.
Large emperor penguin colony discovered
1-20-2013 | 5
One of Antarctica's largest penguin colonies has been discovered through the use of satellite imagery.
Scott's wrecked ship Terra Nova discovered
8-19-2012 | 6
The ship used by Captain Robert Scott on his doomed trip to Antarctica has been located off Greenland.
Antarctica was lined with trees 15M years ago
6-21-2012 | 15
Parts of Antarctica would have enjoyed a warmer climate ripe with greenery around 15 million years ago.
Superbugs discovered in Antarctica
1-30-2012 | 19
Björn Olsen and his team discovered the deadly bacteria in samples of seawater off the Antarctic coast.
Remains of giant dinosaur found in Antarctica
12-22-2011 | 24
The fossil remains were that of a gigantic Titanosaur that would have roamed the Earth 70m years ago.
Food shipments contaminate Antarctica
4-18-2011 | 16
Food being sent to researchers in Antarctica could be unwittingly introducing foreign species there.
Soviet surgeon removed own appendix
3-15-2011 | 28
In an incredible feat of courage and skill a surgeon in the 1960s removed his own appendix in Antarctica.
Secrets of Antarctica's fossilised forests
2-10-2011 | 16
We tend to think of Antarctica as a frozen mass but science is showing that it wasn't always so.
Clues to Antarctica space blast
3-4-2010 | 5
New research has revealed that a giant space rock may have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago.
100 year-old whiskey found in Antarctic
2-7-2010 | 15
Crates of whiskey from 100 years ago have been uncovered below Ernest Shackleton's hut in Antarctica.
Hidden Antarctic mountains take shape
1-27-2010 | 2
Researchers continue to piece together a view of Antarctica's hidden "Ghost Peaks" buried deep underneath the ice.
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