The Ice Giant
At just 6 mm long, the Antarctic midge is the continent’s largest land-dwelling animal. Credit: Yuta Shimizu/ Osaka Metropolitan University… Read More
The Ice Giant
Antarctica
Hot Girl Era
Antarctica is home to Mount Erebus, the southernmost active volcano on Earth. It’s been continuously erupting since 1972 and even… Read More
By Endurance We Conquer
In 1915, Shackleton’s ship Endurance was trapped and crushed by Antarctic pack ice. His 28-man crew survived months on the… Read More
Trapped Under Ice
Metallica is the only band to have played on all seven continents – a feat that earned them a Guinness… Read More
The World’s Driest Continent
Antarctica gets around 150 mm of precipitation a year. It’s technically the largest desert on Earth, yet it locks away… Read More