Yet this evolution of the icescapes and wild tundra above the Arctic Circle – outside of out-of-bounds Russia, which ...

The film recounts the remarkable life of Admiral Richard E. Byrd, an American explorer who achieved significant milestones in aviation and polar exploration. Despite facing numerous challenges and ...

If you're flexible enough to travel on a one-way cruise – and have extra time to explore far-flung locales along the way – ...

As Erling Kagge relates in his thrilling book, The North Pole, the world’s northernmost point has been a lifelong and nearly ...

A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

Ice in Antarctica has melted more than in previous years as a result of global warming, says a Thai research team.The Thai expedition was conducted under the royal initiative of Her Royal Highness ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Surveys the Moon from orbit and relays data back to Earth.

Charles Francis Hall genuinely loved the north but couldn't inspire loyalty in his men. Did one of them kill him? If so, was ...

Antarctic cruises are ideal for intrepid explorers wanting to discover the white wilderness of the South Pole. A land of spectacular scenery ... smaller ships actually take you ashore. Aboard these ...

He presents the Arctic and Antarctic together rather than as opposites, and the book oscillates between them ... He is sympathetic towards Captain Scott, and his “failed” expedition to the South Pole.