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 ...

Fans of polar exploration might already be familiar with Otto Nordenskjold and the 1901–1904 Swedish Antarctic Expedition. While perhaps not as famous as the top-tier polar racers, Nordenskjold ...

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

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 ...

At the northern and southern extremes of our planet lie two vast and mysterious regions: the Arctic and the Antarctic. Though they sit on opposite ends of the globe, they share a reputation for ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Antarctic winter sea ice maximum is on track to be the second lowest on record, at 17.15 million square km² (6.62 million mi²), close to the 2023 record low of 16.96 million km² (6.55 ...

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 ...

Opinion The Antarctic front: Navigating the new Cold War in the ice By E.G. “Buck” Shuler Special to Stars and Stripes • April 11, 2024 ...

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 ...