Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

An expedition led by the motor yacht MY Legend has completed the first visual survey of the wreck of the SS Terra Nova, offering new insight into one of the most emblematic ships of polar exploration.

SpaceX Fram2 crew returns to Earth after polar exploration. Story by Allison Petro • 1w. T he SpaceX Fram2 crew, who embarked on their mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this past ...

Today the Arctic is still a site of peril and promise. A new race to the North Pole is under way, as politicians dream of ...

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The SpaceX Fram2 crew, who embarked on their mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this past March, made a return to Earth on Friday. The crew of four astronauts flew in a polar orbit for ...

YOUR excellent summary of the proposed continuous Polar exploration (November 2, p. 18) conveys a wrong impression in its closing sentence. The system may in the future assume large proportions ...

So far, China has four icebreakers — Xuelong (Snow Dragon), Xuelong 2, Jidi (Polar Region) and Sun Yatsen University Jidi, and all of them fall into the light — or mid-duty categories.

AFTER discussion at a meeting of explorers and geographers interested in the study of the polar regions, a statement was submitted to the congress held at Mons in September, 1905, setting forth ...

The four-person crew, led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will spend three to five days on a rare flight path around Earth’s poles.