This story appears in the July 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. The scene: a tent on Mount Erebus, an active volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica. The tent is a four-cornered tepee ...

While some of these volcanoes, such as Mount Erebus, are stunningly visible ... by designing a thermomechanical magma chamber model and simulated various pressure decreases caused by deglaciation.

The Deception Island Antarctic Specially Managed Area monitors volcanic activity on the island, which houses an active volcano that last erupted in 1970. However, both Mount Erebus and Deception ...