The Antarctic 'alien' was spotted by a social media user looking at satellite imagery of the area, with some speculating it ...

TUCKED away in a corner of Antarctica lies a mysterious mountain peak that looks exactly like a man-made pyramid with four symmetrical sides. The snowy structure of the ice-locked continent has a ...

Antarctica is a land of extremes, holding mysteries that continue to intrigue scientists and the public alike. Among its many wonders lies a mountain with an unusual shape resembling a pyramid.

As mountains go, Antarctica’s Vinson Massif* is not particularly awe-inspiring in its height. A humpbacked hunk of granite that rises to 16,860 ft., Vinson is the highest known peak on the ...

Johann Peries has reached the summit of Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica at 4,892 metres, to become the first Sri Lankan and one of the few islanders in the world to achieve this ...

Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

THE Ellsworth Mountains are centred at 79° S., 85° W. in West Antarctica south of the eastern Pacific Ocean (sec Fig. 1). They extend about 220 miles in a north-north-west direction and are ...

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For biologist Laura Phillips, the Morozumi Range in Antarctica’s east was an “alien”, beautiful region to study.

Johann Peries summits the tallest mountain in Antarctica - Mount Vinson - at 4,892 metres, to become the first Sri Lankan to achieve the feat, sources said.

Darren Edwards knows a lot about hopelessness; one minute, he was rock climbing in North Wales about to finish his route, and the next, he was in the hospital paralyzed from the chest down with a ...