An American teenager was detained on an Antarctic island while attempting to pilot his small plane to every continent, said Chilean authorities, who have charged him for allegedly submitting a ...

Born from Cold War ambition, the Kharkovchanka was the USSR’s answer to Antarctic exploration. This massive tracked vehicle could endure sub-zero extremes, haul tons of supplies, and serve as ...

A flight demo and review of a lightweight, compact FPV (First Person View) plane built for maneuverability and efficient aerial exploration. The focus is on portability, stability, and video ...

It's Midwinter Day in Antarctica, the darkest day of the year -- a perfect time to look at the history of isolation madness on the White Continent.

H.P. Lovecraft’s 1936 story “ At the Mountains of Madness ” was almost certainly based on real stories of polar exploration. In it, the men of a fictitious Antarctic expedition encounter ...

Antarctica is a harsh continent, which in both history and fiction can trigger disturbing behavior and even madness.

In the so-called “Heroic Age” of Antarctic exploration, from about 1897 to about 1922, expedition leaders prioritized the mental health of the men on their expeditions.

"Early exploration of the Antarctic continent revealed a surprising result, a 3,500-kilometer (2,175-mile) long mountain range with peaks over 4,500 meters (2.8 miles) crossing the Antarctic ...

International researchers announced the discovery of a potentially over 30-million-year-old lost world located more than a mile beneath the Antarctic ice that may have teemed with rivers, forests ...