Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – While examining ice cores from Antarctica, scientists found evidence of toxic heavy metal pollution caused by humans, predating the Industrial Revolution by centuries. This surprising time capsule allows scientists and historians to link Earth’s history with that of human societies. Antarctica. Credit: Adobe Stock  – Goinyk Human activity, from burning […]

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Scientists used satellite data and radio-echo-sounding techniques to map a 32,000 km2 area of land underneath the vast ice sheet. They discovered a landscape that appears to have been formed by rivers at least 14 million years ago and possibly even before the initial growth of the East Antarctic […]

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Paleontologists from Brazil and Chile reveal an important discovery about the past of the most inhospitable continent on Earth, Antarctica. Today covered in snow, in the past, however, the location was not like this. The research, led by Brazilian paleobotanist Dr. Joseline Manfroi, along with her collaborators, proves that […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Anyone who is interested in underwater exploration will be thrilled to see the images of Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance that has been discovered off the coast of Antarctica. Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship was trapped in sea ice before sinking in 1915.  Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874 – 1922) is best known […]

Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Over the last 200 years, Antarctic narratives have been of those carried out by predominantly European male explorers. However, a research project led by Manaaki Whenua—Landcare Research and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu researchers looked into the connection of Māori with Antarctica to better document and understand the contributions and […]