An expedition led by the motor yacht MY Legend has completed the first visual survey of the wreck of the SS Terra Nova, offering new insight into one of the most emblematic ships of polar exploration.

Watch a prototype of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, (VIPER) roll down a ramp to simulate its ...

Sir Hubert Wilkins set out on a bold mission: to explore the Arctic beneath the ice in the USS Nautilus, a retrofitted World ...

Today the Arctic is still a site of peril and promise. A new race to the North Pole is under way, as politicians dream of ...

It should be noted here that this is not a book about polar exploration, and those looking for the history of Peary and Cook’s northern forays, as well as the reasons why both are now presumed ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars ...

YOUR excellent summary of the proposed continuous Polar exploration (November 2, p. 18) conveys a wrong impression in its closing sentence. The system may in the future assume large proportions ...

AFTER discussion at a meeting of explorers and geographers interested in the study of the polar regions, a statement was submitted to the congress held at Mons in September, 1905, setting forth ...

Americans love a good scammer. Frederick Cook, polar explorer and would-be oil tycoon, is the perfect fit for our age — 83 years after his death.

Flipping between a harrowing polar exploration and a woman's struggles for independence in 1910, “Terra Nova” hinges on the motifs that connect the two storylines: art, hunger and guilt.

“Terra Nova” by Henriette Lazaridis (Pegasus Books) Hunger takes many forms. While Viola becomes fascinated with London's suffragette hunger strikers, her husband, Edward, and her ...