Explore 20 vintage photos from the age of Antarctic exploration, capturing early expeditions, harsh conditions, and historic ...

As Midwinter Day comes to Antarctica –- the darkest day of the year –- those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the earliest days of ...

The Antarctic sea, where glaciers drift across the surface. What kind of world lies 1,300 meters below the surface?

As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the ...

An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...

The remains of an Antarctic explorer who went missing more than 60 years ago have been found — with his emotional brother saying his sibling had finally “come home.” Dennis “Tink” Bell, a British ...

Exclusive: See a clip from the newest National Geographic documentary from Oscar-winning duo Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, alongside co-director Natalie Hewit, about two generations of ...

Heroes of Antarctic exploration have played a crucial role in research that suggests the area of sea ice around Antarctica has barely changed in size in 100 years. Ice observations recorded in the ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Conservationists in Australia's oldest Antarctic outpost have scraped away a hundred years of snow and ice to unearth items, from bullets to a bowl of peas, that reveal the harsh ...

Antarctica has a wild, rich, and relatively recent history. Learning about it beforehand will not only entertain you, but enhance and improve your trip. Going to Antarctica? Amazing. It’s the trip of ...

Antarctica is a destination of staggering extremes – home to the largest ice sheet on the planet, soaring 14,700-foot ...