As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen ...

5 January 2022 marks the centenary of the death of the famous Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the end of the ‘ Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration’.

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.

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

The initial period of Antarctic exploration was known (rather grandly) as the Heroic Age. This was the time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when iconic explorers like Ernest Shackleton ...

Mensun Bound, Director of Exploration, Endurance 22, Trustee, Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Together underlines, “these discoveries illuminate the enduring legacy of the Heroic Age of Polar ...

The seven specific claims to Antarctic sectors have all been made since 1908. On July 21 of that year Britain claimed the Falklands sector, the shape of which was altered by letters patent of March 28 ...

Instead of ushering in a new golden age of space exploration—or even setting up the U.S. to stay atop the podium—the president’s budget “narrows down what the cosmos is to moon and Mars ...

More information: Michelle L. Maclennan et al, Rising atmospheric moisture escalates the future impact of atmospheric rivers in the Antarctic climate system, Communications Earth & Environment (2025).