The hole in the ozone layer — the portion of the stratosphere that protects our planet from the sun’s ultraviolet rays — is continuing to decrease. The hole over Antarctica had an average area of 8.91 million square miles (23.1 million square kilometers). That measurement is slightly smaller than theContinue Reading
The Endurance, the ship of British explorer and World War I veteran Ernest Shackleton, was found off the coast of Antarctica in the Weddell Sea, preserved by the icy waters Over 100 years after it went missing, crashing in 1915, the Endurance was located by a team of marine archeologists andContinue Reading
Antarctica sets a record cold six month period as the Neumayer station sets new winter record low, sees rapid cooling since 2000 — the coldest since temperature measurements began some 60 years ago. The Amundsen Scott station at the South Pole recorded a mean temperature of -60.9°C for the AprilContinue Reading
