Antarctica is about the size of the United States and Mexico combined, yet no one owns it. But that doesn’t mean it’s free for the taking. The 1959 Antarctic Treaty forbids claiming land there, but 7 ...
The countries that decide the fate of Antarctica's waters reached an historic agreement on Friday to create the world's largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent. The ...
The southernmost continent of Earth is known as Antarctica. Surrounded by the Southern Ocean on all sides, it is located in the far Southern Hemisphere. The South Pole, which is also located in ...