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În afară de oamenii de știință din stațiile de cercetare și exploratorii care vizitează din când în când continentul înghețat, Antarctica nu a avut niciodată o prezență umană însemnată. Primele misiuni de explorare a acestei regiuni au început abia după anul 1820, atunci când continentul a fost zărit pentru prima dată de un european, ceea ce face și mai ciud

ABC News' Danny New reports on a group of middle schoolers in Maryland who are about to get the snow day of their lives in the form of a class trip to Antarctica.

ABC News' Danny New talks to a Canadian ultramarathoner becoming the first woman ever to run 100 continuous miles in Antarctica.

Stephanie Case makes history by becoming the first woman to complete extreme 100-mile race in Antarctica.

A decade after Max Worsley’s father died crossing the continent, he embarks this month on his own journey into the lonely land his father loved.

Carbon dioxide emissions from ice-free ground in one area of Antarctica have grown fivefold in just five years, suggesting there may be a significant source of emissions we haven’t accounted for

NASA satellites have captured an eerie, skull-shaped formation on a remote Antarctic island, but its haunting appearance conceals a troubling warning about melting glaciers. Unusually warm winter temperatures have exposed large areas of dark ice, potentially accelerating future melting and gradually transforming the skull's ghostly features.

Antarctic waters are getting saltier as sea-ice loss reshapes ocean circulation.

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier may be melting twice as much as previously predicted, even without additional global warming. Scientists discovered that warm ocean water is penetrating miles beneath the ice, weakening its foundations and accelerating its retreat. A new model predicts that the glacier could add up to 30 millimeters to global sea levels by 2100,

A stretch of water in the west of the continent is now called the Amos Channel after the ex-BBC journalist.