Ice loss occurred due to a series of severe storms in the Antarctic summer of 2016/17, along with the re-appearance of an area of open water in the middle of the ‘pack ice’ (known as a polynya ...

Photograph by Weddell Sea Expedition But 9,842 feet (3000m) beneath its thick and unpredictable ice lies a testament to its destructive dark side. An unseen relic of its infamous history.

This, along with a startling reduction in the overall ice extent across the Southern Ocean ... They found that in 2016 and ...

The mapping of the area suggests a total extent of 240 square ... So far, the remoteness and difficult sea ice conditions of this southernmost area of the Weddell Sea have protected the area ...

However, the sea ice extent was still 19,000 square miles (50,000 ... However, this was followed by rapid ice loss in the ...

Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures linger near record highs ...

It's November 2024. Small red flags flap lazily in the breeze on the sea ice in front of Scott Base. They mark a safe route ...