One famous example is that of Leonid Rogozov, a Russian physician who was forced to surgically remove his own appendix after suffering appendicitis during an isolated Soviet Antarctic expedition ...

Polar Class goes from PC1 to PC7 — and the first thing to remember is PC1 is the top ranking. This is particularly important ...

The world's largest invertebrate remained hidden from humanity until a tantalising glimpse 100 years ago. But it would be ...

We humans have been around for hundreds of thousands of years, so naturally, certain things have slipped through the cracks ...

The East Antarctic Plateau happens to have both ... According to this story, a Soviet expedition to drill natural gas in the Karakum Desert created a huge, accidental crater which released ...

Bhaumik, at the same time, will make history as the first female researcher from any academic institution of Bengal to participate in an Antarctic Ocean expedition. The duo is part of the 12th ...

Antarctica is truly a bucket-list destination, as the beautiful continent can be difficult and expensive to get to. Most Antarctic cruises cost thousands of dollars a person and many only sail ...

Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

An expedition composed of 124 women from 24 countries, including South Africa, will depart from Ushuaia, Argentina, next Tuesday (January 28), to gain first-hand experience of the Antarctic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is copying Soviet-era approaches that bankrupted the USSR and that he used to criticize, according to Poland's foreign minister. Speaking on a panel at the World ...

The often misunderstood history of the Soviet dissident movement. In To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause, historian Benjamin Nathans sheds light on how the protest movement reinvented itself at ...