The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in ...

Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more ...

The U.S. Forest Service is warning Juneau residents to stay away from the face of the Mendenhall Glacier, where a large piece of ice may fall off at any moment. Paul Robbins Jr, a spokesperson for the ...

The Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area is closed Tuesday. The Forest Service says they are expecting a substantial portion of ...

Portage Lake, with the opportunity to skate to a glacier, has been one of the most popular destinations for several years. Chugach National Forest officials say “hundreds” of people visited Portage ...

Extreme precipitation events in Antarctica, which are mostly dominated by snowfall due to sub-zero temperatures, also include rainfall, according to new research.

Social media posts sharing a graphic comparing sea ice levels in the Antarctic on the same date 45 years apart misrepresent ...

open image in gallery The melt rate of West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier is an important concern. The glacier alone is responsible for about one percent of global sea level rise (NASA/James ...

Melting glaciers have caused significant increases in the sea level, and this can happen again. Getty Images In the south, all the research derives from the Antarctic Treaty, signed in 1957 ...

Two people were stranded Monday along Portage Lake with multiple agencies responding, according to an official with Girdwood ...

A nail-biting video from Portage Lake early Monday evening shows the moment the Portage Lake Glacier calved leaving two people stranded.

This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on Antarctica, the coldest, windiest continent on Earth and the least inhabited. One clip introduces us to the idea of glaciers as rivers of ...