Ask people to name the coldest country in the world, and the answer almost instinctively given is Antarctica. The confusion ...

Antarctica is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined, yet no one owns it. But that doesn’t mean it’s free for the taking. The 1959 Antarctic Treaty forbids claiming land there, but 7 ...

In October this year, India announced its intention to build Maitri II, the country’s newest research station in Antarctica ...

Last week, Chilean President Gabriel Boric became the first Latin American leader to visit the South Pole. Boric traveled from Punta Arenas, his home region at the southern tip of Chile, to Chile’s ...