Did you know that a region in Antarctica called McMurdo Dry Valleys haven't experienced rainfall for over two million years?

Peter Rejcek, Antarctic Sun Editor: A science team planning to hunker down in Bull Pass in Antarctica’s central McMurdo Dry Valleys would today receive a fairly simplistic map that outlines proposed ...

image: Tsoil biologist Byron Adams adjusts a bundt pan filled with marbles that catches blowing dirt along the shore of Lake Hoare. Byron Adams made his way up a slope in the McMurdo Dry Valleys ...

The strange and captivating Blood Falls of Antarctica have long been a source of intrigue for scientists and explorers alike. Situated in the remote McMurdo Dry Valleys, this unusual phenomenon, where ...

The glacial meltwater streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs), Antarctica only flow during the austral summer and contain abundant algal mats which grow at the onset of flow. The algal abundance in ...

The helicopter heads out over McMurdo Sound, crossing a monotonous expanse of sea ice broken only by a smattering of icebergs and occasional clusters of Weddell seals. At last, off to one side, you ...