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Melting ice.

POLARIZING CHOICES

Regulating the booming Arctic cruise industry is proving frustratingly difficult

Tim Jarvis mawson 1

EXTREME CONDITIONS

Ernest Shackleton’s story teaches us leadership—and also how to fight climate change

The unmanned submersible known as Boaty McBoatface.

BOATY'S BACK AT IT

Boaty McBoatface is redefining how we understand the impact of climate change

The Falklands

How I rediscovered a near-extinct plant no one has seen for decades

Glaciers worldwide are disappearing even faster than we realized

DRILL BABY DRILL

This ancient ice core could reveal 1.5 million years of climate history

In Greenland and Antarctica, supposedly “safe” ice is melting alarmingly fast

Antarctica’s ice sheets may melt faster than we thought, accelerating sea level rise

The crazy, brave, lonely folly of walking across Antarctica by yourself

Russian researchers in Antarctica.

A Russian engineer in Antarctica stabbed a colleague for spoiling his books