Some cruise passengers went on hunger strike after an engine failure ruined their plan to visit Antarctica

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Swan Hellenic's SH Vega in the Lemaire Channel off Antarctica
Swan Hellenic canceled a leg to Antarctica after an engine issue.

Courtesy of Swan Hellenic

First-Ever Amber Found in Antarctica Unlocks Secrets of Cretaceous Rainforest

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Amber extracted from sediments in Antarctica.

Antarctica Isn’t Supposed to Be This Green

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Greening Of Antartica

Rare Warm Spell Hits Antarctica in the Dead of Winter

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Image of the sun shining over snow and water in Antarctica.

Mysterious Patterns Spotted Beneath Antarctic Ice Shelf

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Weird teardrop-shapd structures on the underside of the ice shelf.

A luxury Viking cruise ship helped scientists encounter the rarely-seen giant phantom jellyfish

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A Viking cruise ship and giant phantom jellyfish
Tourists saw giant phantom jellyfish, typically an elusive species, during Viking Expedition submersible rides.

Viking Expedition; Mark Niesink/Viking Expedition

Photos show what cave divers discovered when they swam inside an iceberg the size of Jamaica. Today, it's gone.

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A scuba diver swimming inside an ice cave
Paul Heinerth rises out of a cave inside a fragment of iceberg B15, which calved from Antarctica in the spring of 2000.

Jill Heinerth

Scientists went on a hunt for the elusive colossal squid — and brought cruise ship tourists with them

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A man in a plaid shirt and vest looks at a large container holding a colossal squid
In 2014, a fishing vessel caught a colossal squid, which New Zealand researchers dissected.

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Scientists want to build 62-mile-long curtains around the 'doomsday glacier' for a $50 billion Hail Mary to save it

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Thwaites Glacier
The Thwaites glacier is the widest on Earth, but it's losing massive amounts of ice each year.

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Passengers are furious after Norwegian Cruise Line removed Antarctica from its itinerary after everyone had boarded

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A docked, white cruise ship with a red sun on the side of it with construction in the foreground and light blue skies behind it.
Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Sun cruise ship docked in Jacksonville, Florida.

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