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Heiner Kubny
A special moment marked the beginning of a long and challenging period at Japan’s Showa Station in Antarctica in early June.
At the beginning of April 2026, a comprehensive inspection of all fire protection equipment was carried out at Japan’s Showa Station.
An international team of researchers has discovered a impact crater beneath the ice of Antarctica using two GRACE satellites.
Antarctica, a harsh and ice-covered continent, was long considered a habitat for only a few extremely resilient organisms.
An international team of researchers has recovered the longest sediment core ever drilled beneath an ice sheet, a scientific breakthrough for climate research.
A bright red waterfall bursting out of eternal ice, right in the middle of one of the coldest regions on Earth: Blood Falls are among the most mysterious natural phenomena in Antarctica.
On February 13, 1956, the flag of the USSR was raised at the first Soviet Antarctic station, Mirny.
In the heart of the coldest continent on Earth lies one of the planet’s most extreme landscapes.
An international research team from the United Kingdom and South Korea has reached one of the most remote and least explored areas of the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica.
Beneath a thick layer of snow and ice, the mortal remains of hundreds of people rest on the coldest continent on Earth.
