World’s largest Canyon discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet
World’s largest Canyon discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, located in Princess Elizabeth Land.
Life on an Arctic Expedition- Drifting with the Ice
A team of researchers drifted for five months in 2015, with polar ice and their ship tethered to an ice floe. Watch the video…
World’s longest ice bridge in Finland
World’s longest bridge made entirely of ice, will be soon built in Finland by 150 students.
Road Surfaces that can de-ice themselves
As winter and the danger of icy roads, approaches, scientists are developing a new surface material that could de-ice itself.
Icehotel 2016 opens now in Sweden
The 26th edition of the 55-room Icehotel has opened in the Arctic Circle, in Sweden.
2015 Antarctic sea ice return toward normalcy
Antarctica sea ice maximum in 2015. For the past three years, sea ice at maximum set records. In 2015 that didn’t happen. Scientist called it “a return
Ice House 3D-printed ice shell
Ice House, a 3D-printed ice shell structure constructed from water on Mars, took last week the first prize in NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Challenge Design Competition.
SeaXplorer Expedition Yacht
The new 328ft SeaXplorer Expedition superyacht, is the “coolest boat in the world,” can break through polar ice and visit the globe’s most remote destinations.
Distant Neutrinos Detected Below Antarctic Ice
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory near the South Pole, in Antarctica, has begun to detect neutrinos, nearly invisible particles of very high energy.
Testing the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration
Developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, is under tests at the California Science Center.