The Antarctic is a cold, remote area in the Southern Hemisphere encompassed by the Antarctic Convergence. The Antarctic Convergence is an uneven line of latitude where cold, northward …

Oct 19, 2023 · Join Wild Chronicles aboard the National Geographic Endeavor on an expedition to Antarctica to count penguin populations —one bird at a time. Natural dangers abound and …

Oct 19, 2023 · Join National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen for an unparalleled virtual reality tour of Antarctica, where he took incredible 360-degree footage of the breathtaking …

Dec 2, 2025 · The largest desert on Earth is Antarctica, which covers 14.2 million square kilometers (5.5 million square miles). It is also the coldest desert on Earth, even colder than …

Antarctica’s name alone conjures imagery of the harshest environment on Earth, but the continent is more than its monochromatic color scheme of snow and ice. We go on assignment to the …

Jul 31, 2024 · As one of the lead scientists on the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Ocean Expedition in the Southern Ocean, he seeks to discover habitats where …

ANTARCTICA: A guest explores Cuverville Island from the ship National Geographic Resolution to photograph Gentoo Penguins up close, Antarctica.

Jan 8, 2024 · The Antarctic Convergence is an invisible climate boundary in the ocean between the Antarctic region and the rest of the ocean, where warm and cold water meet. Since it arose …

Apr 30, 2025 · Ariel Waldman is a National Geographic Explorer and filmmaker. Her expeditions take her from tallgrass prairies and deep-sea canyons to the icy realms of Antarctica.

The changing landscape of Antarctica may have led to huge chunks of ice crushing some penguins (as Gerry and Paul found), and not providing a stable habitat for the rest of the colony.