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.

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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.

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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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There's another missing submersible: A $3.6 million vessel mysteriously disappeared near Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'

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A submersible floating next to ice in the Antarctic ocean
The Ran submersible navigates icy waters to explore huge glaciers.

Filip Stedt / University of Gothenburg

I spent $5,700 to visit Antarctica. It was one of the most draining trips of my life — but I don't regret it.

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A selfie of the author in Antarctica.
Traveling to Antarctica proved to be more rigorous than expected, but I don't regret spending the time and money to go.

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Chinstrap penguins take thousands of 4-second naps a day so they can stay alert and guard their newborns around-the-clock, researchers say

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Wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica
Wild chinstrap penguins on King George Island, Antarctica.

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