The southernmost continent of Earth is known as Antarctica. Surrounded by the Southern Ocean on all sides, it is located in the far Southern Hemisphere. The South Pole, which is also located in ...

Antarctica is like no place on Earth. The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted landscape for two centuries. Countries have tried to carve up Antarctica ...

Some of the more sparsely populated territories in the world that do little trade with the United States have been caught up ...

Fourteen countries already operate from Punta Arenas as the jumping point to Antarctica, and “the intensity of this activity can be expected to grow significantly as Antarctic scientific ...

but other South American countries are also present on the frozen continent. The cornerstone of these annual campaigns, unsurprisingly, is the armed forces. As Antarctica’s importance grows, it is ...

Antarctica is like no place on Earth. The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted landscape for two centuries. Countries have tried to carve up ...

Penguins bask on the shore of King George Island near Brazil's Comandante Ferraz research station in Antarctica. (Sam Martin/CBC - image credit) ...