Antarctica is by far the coldest area on the planet. The coldest temperature recorded on Earth was recorded at Vostok, the Russian Antarctica research station in July 1983, when the temperature ...

An explosive new study has found that nearly 60 years after nuclear tests were performed in the Pacific Ocean, radioactive chlorine is still leaking from ice sheets in Antarctica. The research says ...

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

ST. PETERSBURG, 28 January (BelTA) - Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are attending a ceremony to launch a new wintering complex at the Vostok station in ...

Russian scientists in Antarctica have reached a lake that's been buried in ice for more than 14 million years — a milestone that could provide hints of what to expect when the ocean under the icy ...

For those who live in the country's northernmost states, it may seem like your own backyard is the coldest place on Earth during the winter. Known in the U.S. for the year’s lowest temperatures, ...

An international panel of scientists will discuss research conducted at Lake Vostok in Antarctica at a press conference on Tuesday, May 28, as part of the American Geophysical Union’s 2002 Spring ...

A graphic shows the location of Lake Vostok and the depth of the subglacial body of water. By Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor: Reports this week confirm that Russian scientists have penetrated a ...