Antarctica's extreme geography, who claims the continent today, and why those same countries actually can't do much with the continent despite those claims. Pope Francis, the first pontiff from ...

The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted landscape for two centuries. Countries have tried to carve up Antarctica and lay claim, but no one owns it.

There is an undefined race going on in the world to capture this continent, which is full of precious minerals. Despite Antarctica not belonging to any state, as many as seven countries have made ...

Strategically, countries are also ... to secure a foothold on the continent. Calls to modernise the treaty to create a new global agreement for governing Antarctica would require unanimous support ...

Quark Expeditions' newest voyages takes travelers to rarely visited swaths of Antarctica. Guests will explore the remote eastern side of the continent, with excursions like heli-landings and ...

Antarctica is like no place on Earth. The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted landscape for two centuries. Countries have tried to carve up Antarctica ...

For over 60 years Antarctica has been a "veritable Shangri ... threaten a new scramble for control of the resource-rich continent. The US still has the largest footprint on the continent, but ...

Antarctica is like no place on Earth. The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted landscape for two centuries. Countries have tried to carve up ...