Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, and one of only two in Antarctica. Its summit is 12448 feet. The volcano was discovered and named by Sir. James Clark Ross in January of 1841.

It turns out that Mount Erebus spews a fortune in gold across Antarctica — $2.1 million worth of it per year, according to reports. You’d struggle to pan it out of the Antarctic snow, though. Tiny ...

Antarctica, which is home to hundreds of active volcanoes, has one on the continent that spews real gold dust with a monetary value. Mount Erebus, one of the most intense and southernmost active ...

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Mount Erebus: A fiery, active volcano in the land of ice. It is a behemoth soaring over 12,000 feet above the sea ice, and everywhere we went near McMurdo, the mighty volcano loomed. It is the ...

The cave systems underneath the Antarctic ice could be home to an "exciting new world" of plants and animals. After analyzing DNA retrieved from a cave system underneath the Ross Island volcano Mount ...

NASA's going to send robots to frozen alien worlds someday but for now, the agency needs to test its tools, taking advantage of the unique features that ice caves near Mt. Erebus have. The ...

Heated air from the Mt Erebus volcano forms elegant ice caverns. NASA volcano expert Rosaly Lopes, left, and space artist Michael Carroll studied the region on their recent trip to Antarctica. Getting ...

The coldest place on Earth is also one of the rare spots where a roiling lava lake offers a window into the heart of a volcano. At Erebus volcano in Antarctica, a long-lived lava lake puffs steam and ...

Taiwan: Most people don't realize that the island of Taiwan has potentially active volcanoes. One such volcanic center is the Datun (as known as Tatun) Group, a series of domes that are believed to ...