Reams of scientific papers and accounts of the Antarctic winter had prepared ... life struggles to survive in the cold, dry climate of the polar desert. There’s a third less oxygen than at ...

Chrissie: No, sorry, I left the garage door open! Hahaha. Antarctica is a desert - but it's not hot, it's really, really cold. It's called a desert because it hardly ever rains. The South Pole is ...

Antarctica’s Lake Enigma has become slightly less enigmatic. It was once assumed the faraway lake was frozen solid from top to bottom, but scientists have now discovered a massive hidden body of ...

It has less precipitation than any other desert region in the world. The main source of precipitation in Antarctica is snow and, because it’s so cold with average temperatures of around -50˚C ...

"These winds isolate Antarctica and help to keep most of it cold as the rest of the world warms." The researchers say this is the first study to show that the plants in East Antarctica are being ...

Antarctic fish have evolved incredible adaptations to survive the Southern Ocean's extreme cold. Antifreeze proteins prevent ice crystal formation, while the loss of hemoglobin, unique among ...

The researchers venture into this polar desert, which is always cold and extremely windy and ... They then contend with international rules regarding Antarctic wildlife and their own feelings ...

The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) are a cold desert region of Antarctica supporting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems that host microbial food webs, with few species of primitive animals (like ...