When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...

One of the biggest challenges in predicting Antarctica's deeply uncertain future is understanding exactly what's driving its ...

Amid its colossal chunks of ice sheets, Antarctica harbors a land of fiery volcanism. Although the vast majority of these volcanoes are dormant, idle, or hidden beneath the ice, there is some ...

“What would make a big difference, is if several volcanoes erupt close to or beneath any of West Antarctica's prominent ‘ice streams.’” Ice streams are, as the name suggests, rivers of ice ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers ...

George Steinmetz was drawn to Mount Erebus, in Antarctica, by the ice. The volcano constantly sputters hot gas and lava, sculpting surreal caves and towers that the photographer had read about and ...

This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...