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Colder than Antarctica? What caused New York’s life-threatening deep freeze

New York City experienced temperatures colder than parts of Antarctica on Sunday, with wind chills reaching 14 degrees below zero. This extreme cold, driven by Arctic air, prompted rare warnings for millions. The prolonged deep freeze marks the most extreme in at least a decade for many Northeast locations.

The Times of India

What’s hiding under Antarctica’s ice? Scientists uncover 207 hidden volcanoes

Do you think the white frozen sheets over Antarctica may hold a secret? This White, frozen, and solid Antarctica, although it looks quiet but beneath those endless plains of ice something enormous is going on. Scientists have revealed an entire hidden volcanic landscape buried under the continent. A China-led international…

The Times of India

The trip that opened Antarctica to tourists – 60 years on, was it a mistake?

The first tourists stepped ashore at Smith Island and Melchior Islands on the Antarctic Peninsula on January 23, 1966. Since then, the White Continent has become a bucket-list item, with 80,000 visitors last year. US Travel Editor Ted Thornhill speaks with polar explorers and climate scientists to explore whether that…

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NASA shows iceberg A-23A turns Blue: One of Antarctica’s oldest giants

Iceberg A-23A first broke away from Antarctica in 1986. That was nearly forty years ago. Now the iceberg is far from where it began, floating in the South Atlantic, darker in places, soaked through with blue meltwater, and visibly coming apart.

The Times of India

Florida braces for frost and possible snow flurries as winter storms hit other parts of the US

Florida won’t be getting hit with massive blankets of snow and ice like the rest of the U.S., but even frosty windshields and a few flurries can feel like Antarctica to people with permanent sandal tans

The Independent UK

Bulletin world briefing: Pakistan screens for Nipah virus and Imran Khan rushed to hospital

Here are five of the biggest stories from around the world today. All arrivals to be screened for Nipah virus in Pakistan Concerns for Imran Khan as he is rushed from prison to hospital Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is serious threat to the world’s oceans Patrols around Niger airport after gunfire…

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Scientists to drill into Antarctica’s fragile ‘Doomsday Glacier’ that poses threat to world’s oceans

Researchers have never drilled into the Thwaites glacier before

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Cruise ship is freed by US Cutter after getting stuck in Antarctic ice

A cruise ship that became lodged in the ice during a voyage to Antarctica was freed by the US Coast Guard.

The Independent UK

Why has a ‘nihilistic penguin’ meme taken over the internet?

A scene featuring a 'nihilist penguin' from Werner Herzog's 2007 documentary, Encounters at the End of the World, has gone viral on social media. The Adélie penguin is shown inexplicably walking inland, away from its colony, the sea, and potential food, towards the mountains in Antarctica. When Herzog asks the…

The Independent UK

‘Bleeding waterfalls of Antarctica’: Inside the mysterious crimson 'blood falls' that hide millions of years of frozen secrets

Antarctica is also known to have some of the most extreme and harsh environments on the planet, where life struggles to exist in the freezing climate and harsh winds. However, even in such extreme conditions, there exists a fascinating natural wonder that is nothing short of surprising: Blood Falls, a…

The Times of India

Not All Penguins Follow the Crowd: The Story of One That Didn’t

Encounters at the End of the World by Werner Herzog is not a typical nature documentary. It does not only explore Antarctica as the frozen wilderness but also as a reflection of the weirdness of life itself. A single but chilling scene of a solitary penguin has remained in the…

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Prince of Wales becomes patron of expedition across Antarctica

Explorer Max Worsley will walk in the footsteps of his father Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley MBE, who died attempting the trip in 2016.

Evening Standard

French expedition sets sail to preserve Antarctica's 'invisible wealth'

French explorer Jean-Louis Etienne and his crew of eight scientists this week began an expedition to the remote waters of Antarctica, where they hope to gather a wealth of data to demonstrate the benefits of creating protected areas in the icy continent's rich seas.

Radio France Internationale

Beneath Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, a hidden ocean is revealing its secrets

Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth – a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea.

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Antarctic penguins have radically shifted their breeding season – seemingly in response to climate change

Changing temperatures may be behind change in behaviour, which experts fear threatens three species’ survival

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The fate of the planet’s coastlines depends on how fast Antarctica’s ice sheets melt. We don’t know what’s coming

Some regions of the continent have enough ice to push up sea levels by 15 metres if they all melt, but researchers don’t yet fully understand the consequences

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1 month until a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse puts on a show — mostly for penguins

The first solar eclipse of the year will take place on Feb. 17, 2026.

The Independent UK

This cruise line is teaching guests how to track climate change in polar ice caps

Exclusive: Passengers will work with scientist Joe Muise to collect data from Antarctica

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Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica's subglacial surface like never before

Antarctica's subglacial bedrock was previously one of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system.

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Will Smith's Disney+ series is full of world firsts – here’s how one explorer guided the actor through Earth’s harshest environment using cutting-edge tech

Richard Parks, a world record-setting explorer, reveals the gadgets behind the first episode of National Geographic’s Pole to Pole with Will Smith expedition series.

The Conversation

The first ice core library in Antarctica to save humanity’s climate memory

On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples from glaciers rescued worldwide are now beginning to be stored there for safekeeping. This will allow, among other things, future generations to continue studying traces of past climates trapped under ice, as…

Radio France Internationale

Ice core 'vault' preserving climate history opens in Antarctica

The Ice Memory Foundation on Wednesday opened the world’s first sanctuary for mountain ice cores in Antarctica, aiming to preserve crucial records of Earth’s climate for centuries.

LiveScience

Mega-iceberg A23a, formerly the world's largest, turns into bright 'blue mush' as it finally dies after 40 years at sea

New satellite photos reveal that one of the world's largest and longest-lived icebergs, A23a, has developed vibrant blue striations on its surface. The striking snaps hint that the "megaberg" will soon disappear forever, ending a surprisingly eventful four-decade-long saga.

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Chelsea Handler met new man in a casino

Chelsea Handler met her new man in a Las Vegas casino and their next meeting was a nine-day trip to Antarctica.

The Conversation

Meet the springtails: little-known fantastic beasts that live everywhere on Earth

In virtually every piece of land on Earth – from near the summit of Mount Everest to Antarctica to caves nearly 2,000 metres underground – live tiny critters that have shaped the health of our planet for hundreds of millions of years.

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