I am fascinated by both Antarctic and Arctic exploration; no where else on Earth wants humans dead quite like our planet’s poles, but folks still manage to eek out an existence in both places ...

The initial period of Antarctic exploration was known (rather grandly) as the Heroic Age. This was the time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when iconic explorers like Ernest Shackleton ...

For the most part, researchers used to think that the Antarctic’s ice was relatively stable. It saw a slow decline from 1978 to 2015, but not nearly as much of a decline as the Arctic did.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s newly acquired icebreaker Storis recently arrived in Seattle to prepare for its first Arctic patrol, ...

As the Defense Department prepares to release its new Arctic strategy, Pentagon planners should expand their perspective to the opposite pole: Antarctica, whose resources, geostrategic location ...

In the Arctic, sea ice remained at 8 per cent below average throughout February, missing an area of ice roughly the size of the UK. This was the third consecutive month to set a new monthly record ...

Antarctic expeditions hold as much significance for Belarusian science as space exploration, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) Vladimir Gusakov said ...

Much like traditional ocean cruising, there are a range of expedition operators with varying price points, inclusions and vibes.

However, the findings are a snapshot of Antarctic ice shelves which, over a longer period, have lost mass, the study’s lead author said. The ice shelf data also does not reflect the changes in ...

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said on Wednesday that India is taking active interest in the polar regions of Arctic and Antarctic as he chaired a meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on External ...

Open Thread Antarctic Exploration, in This Week’s Open Thread Join Slate’s open thread for the week of December 30. Dec 30, 202412:01 AM ...