Antarctica

The southern continent is a destination most readers will never reach in person, and the small set of articles here treats it that way. Coverage handles the early discoveries and the names attached to them, the physical geography of the ice sheet, the fauna that survives there, and the long history of research and the harder history of resource exploitation.

We are still expanding this section. Future pieces will likely cover the cruise question for travelers who do want to make the trip, the sub-Antarctic islands as more accessible alternatives, and the climate science that has turned the southern continent into a heavily studied place despite its distance from most lives.