When the A-84 iceberg calved in January, it unveiled a 209-square-mile swath of seafloor. Nearby scientists rushed to the ...
In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...
A “serendipitous” discovery offers new insights into how ecosystems can thrive beneath floating sections of the Antarctic ice ...
Satellite images taken at the beginning of March show the iceberg parked on a shallow underwater shelf off the coast of South ...
It’s the kind of event that when it happens, you leave whatever you’re doing,” said Patricia Esquete, the expedition’s chief scientist.
When a massive iceberg calved off the Antarctic coast earlier this year, it did more than just reshape the ice sheet—it ...
The deep seafloor showed a flourishing ecosystem, and the team believes they may have discovered several new species during their research.
A, after years of drifting, now appears stuck near South Georgia Island. Once lodged in the Southern Weddell Sea for decades, ...
Flying over the massive iceberg, it's indistinguishable from the horizon. But as it melts, chunks of ice risk floating ...
A gigantic iceberg cracked off Antarctica on Jan. 13, revealing a swath of ocean that had not seen daylight in decades. Researchers decided to search the seafloor under the freshly exposed ocean. What ...
Researchers were in a remote region of the Bellingshausen Sea on a different expedition when the iceberg calved, giving them a chance to change course and explore a region never before accessible to ...