Darren Edwards knows a lot about hopelessness; one minute, he was rock climbing in North Wales about to finish his route, and ...

Antarctica, often regarded as the planet's last true wilderness, harbors unique ecosystems that support extraordinary ...

As I embarked the Seabourn Venture in Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world, I knew my mission to play golf ...

A researcher at UNCW is gearing up for a trip spanning more than 8,000 miles.  Dr. Jake Warner with the university’s marine ...

A pilot explained why commercial planes don't fly over Antarctica, the fifth largest continent on Earth. There's a lot of ...

Antarctica is a place rife with opportunities for discovery, but strangely enough, the discovery of the continent itself is something of a contested topic.

Antarctica’s eerie Blood Falls puzzled scientists worldwide. Was it a frozen crime scene, ancient bacteria, or something even ...

The Antarctic 'alien' was spotted by a social media user looking at satellite imagery of the area, with some speculating it could be related to as similar mysterious 'face' on Mars ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking mainly due to frequent small calving events, while major iceberg break-offs remain rare ...

A pilot has deconstructed the mystery around why airplanes avoid flights over Antartica – and the reasoning may surprise you.

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