Spring whaling season in Utqiaġvik depends on the quickly changing conditions of the sea ice: Is it safe for the whalers to snowmachine, set up camp and pull up a whale weighing over 50 tons? Do they ...

Scientists at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have developed a radar technique that lets them image hidden features within the upper few feet of ice sheets. The researchers ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- They're among the harshest research environments on the planet. But understanding the forces driving massive ice sheets in areas like Greenland and Antarctica could be ...

Deep under almost three kilometers of Antarctic ice, scientists expected to find a frozen archive of Earth’s distant past.

The bedrock hidden beneath the thick ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica has intrigued researchers for years. Scientists are interested in how the shape of this hidden terrain affects how ice ...

Giant detector: firing radio waves into the Antarctic ice could reveal high-energy neutrinos. (Courtesy: Stephen Hudson/CC BY 2.5) Physicists working at the SLAC laboratory in the US have shown they ...

A new radar technique developed by a graduate student allows imaging of the upper few feet of ice sheets on Earth and icy worlds. The technique uses instruments on airplanes or satellites to survey ...