In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

Antarctica is home to Earth’s largest concentration of meteorites — so many that over 60 percent of meteorite finds originate there. But global warming is endangering Antarctica’s meteorites ...

The Antarctic Meteorite Collection at the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) in Japan has been recognized as a Geo-collection by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).

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The Antarctic meteorite expedition is the first scientific project in modern Russia on collecting meteorite material on the southernmost continent YEKATERINBURG, December 21. /TASS/. The meteorite ...

NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named “Wassonite” in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica ...