Thank you to Quark Expeditions for making my dream of not only stepping on my seventh continent but also hula-hooping there ...

Few have endured what Ejnar Mikkelsen and Iver Iversen did. Abandoned by their ship, these two Danes spent two winters in a ...

Things in the Arctic are just getting weirder and weirder ... SEE ALSO: Large parts of West Antarctic Ice Sheet could collapse 'in our lifetimes' During part of the month, sea ice actually ...

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet is now the largest contributor to sea level rise, and scientists at UNH are traveling ...

China's latest Antarctic expedition achieved multiple firsts, including launching active-source seismic exploration in the ...

Antarctic and Arctic sea ice is vitally important because the whiteness of the ice reflects the sun's light, helping to keep polar regions cool, known as a higher 'albedo'. Without this ice cover ...

Earlier this week, reports emerged that a scientist at South Africa’s SANAE IV Antarctic research base ... we are to successfully expand scientific exploration and habitation in these settings ...

The bright white surface of sea ice plays an important role in slowing warming as it reflects sunlight back into space, in what is known as the albedo effect. Conversely, its melting creates a ...

Much of this surge is due to the increasing number of cruise ships navigating Arctic waters ... More than 80,000 of those set foot on Antarctic land – an alarming statistic for conservationists ...