Antarctica once teemed with forest life, a new study finds. But the world's seas and oceans looked different during one of ...

to evaluate the impacts of atmospheric rivers in the Amundsen Sea Embayment. These high-resolution simulations provide crucial insights into precipitation dynamics in this globally important area ...

Although Amundsen continued his sea career, he also began planning for an Arctic venture. In 1903 he headed north in the ship Gjøa with a remarkably small crew of only six men (Franklin had taken ...

Ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea is one of the fastest growing and most concerning contributions to global sea-level rise. If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet were to ...

A powerfully built man of over six feet in height, Amundsen was born into a family of merchant sea captains and prosperous ship owners in 1872. As a youth he insisted on sleeping with the windows ...