Woman forced to withdraw from Antarctic ski odyssey after getting frostbite on 3rd day

Woman gets frostbite, leaves Antarctic ski odyssey

Iceberg alert in southern ocean as ice chunks float north toward New Zealand

Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand

8 women marking Commonwealth anniversary by ski journey to South Pole

8 women set out to ski to South Pole

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Eight women set out Monday from their base camp on Antarctica to ski to the South Pole in a trek to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth grouping of 53 former British colonies.

Russian icebreaker carrying more than 100 tourists on Antarctic cruise reaches clear water

Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic

Cruise ship carrying 101 tourists breaks through sea ice in Antarctica, nears open water.

Cruise ship breaks Antarctic ice, nears open water

This Scotch was on the rocks for 100 years: Antarctic team to drill for lost cache of liquor

Drilling for Scotch whisky on frozen continent

Rare iceberg spotted off island south of Australia; uncommon sight in such waters

Rare iceberg spotted off island south of Australia

Flying NASA lab peers under a melting Antarctica to study collapsing ice sheets, implications

ABOVE ANTARCTICA — Hoping to better understand how a melting Antarctica could swamp the planet, a NASA plane outfitted with lasers and ground-penetrating radar made its first flight over the icy continent on Friday.

Satellite laser readings show ‘runaway’ melting in parts of Greenland, Antarctica ice sheets

WASHINGTON — New satellite information shows that ice sheets in Greenland and western Antarctica continue to shrink faster than scientists thought and in some places are already in runaway melt mode.

New Zealand air force medevacs sick US man from Antarctic base

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — An American working at a U.S. scientific base on the frozen continent of Antarctica has suffered heart problems and was being evacuated to New Zealand, the New Zealand air force said Monday.

Navy, families of 3 killed in 1946 plane crash in Antarctica clash over bringing remains home

SAN ANTONIO — The Navy and families of three sailors killed in a 1946 plane crash in Antarctica are clashing over whether to bring the men home.

Scientists work to unravel what’s behind Greenland’s mysterious melt, at glacial pace

HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland — Suddenly and without warning, the gigantic river of ice sped up, causing it to spit icebergs ever faster into the ocean off southeastern Greenland.

Whaling talks ponder compromise deal but breakthrough said to be no closer

LISBON, Portugal — The International Whaling Commission on Monday began discussing a possible compromise deal that would reduce the number of whales killed each year.

Hard to find emperor penguins in Antarctica _ until you view the poo from space satellite

WASHINGTON — Scientists looking for lost penguins stumbled upon an effective method: Follow their poop from space.

Nobel laureate Al Gore says unchecked global ice melt could push planet toward “tipping point

OSLO — Al Gore said Tuesday the world must act quickly to slow the melting of the world’s polar ice packs and glaciers before it reaches a critical rate for global warming.