NASA ICE has captured some stunning - and surprising - images of ice.

Here's why this gigantic iceberg looks unnaturally rectangular

The explorer who died on Sunday just short of his goal of crossing the Antarctic unaided has more than doubled his fundraising target.

Explorer Henry Worsley's fundraising tops £200,000

Prince William has paid tribute to former Army officer Henry Worsley, who has died after suffering from exhaustion and dehydration.

Henry Worsley was attempting to become the first person to cross the barren region completely unassisted.

Findings from the European Space Agency follow warnings that millions could be displaced as irreversible melting causes sea levels to rise.

Explorers Ben Saunders and Tarka L'Herpiniere have become the first people to complete Captain Scott's doomed trek to the South Pole.

A British explorer has lead the first successful expedition to retrace Captain Scott's ill-fated journey to the South Pole and back. 

A remote base for scientists in the Antarctic has been nominated for World Architecture Festival Awards 2013.

Built on hydraulic legs and designed to deal with whatever nature throws at it, the new £26 million research centre in the Antarctic.

A Norwegian cruise liner which became trapped by floating Antarctic ice last week was rescued by a Royal Navy ship. 

Scientists are to begin drilling through 3km of ice to reach an Antarctic lake that has been untouched for hundreds of thousands of years.

A team of British scientists is set to start drilling deep into an Antarctic ice sheet in the hope of finding life in an ancient lake.