Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

We recommend finding an expedition ship that meets all your needs and enjoying a few days on the icy oceans. These voyages include day trips and tours around Antarctica. Some also have camping ...

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When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

In 1914, explorer Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew set sail on a journey to Antarctica. Their mission? To become the first people to ever cross the entire continent, which is roughly 1.3 ...

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Why it's incredible: The mountain looks like a human-made pyramid. A mountain that's hidden in a sea of snow in Antarctica looks strikingly like an ancient Egyptian pyramid when viewed from above.

Schalau returned to Fargo last fall after spending a year cooking for a research station at the South Pole. Before he headed south in September 2023, Schalau was a cook at Luna for two years. Upon his ...

It’s surreal to look back at the ship’s bow totally engulfed by ice. We’re the only living, breathing things here – until a ...

The phenomenon occurs because the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun as the planet rotates around it, and Antarctica is at its closest point to the sun on the rotation.

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the shelf. Is climate change to blame? When you purchase through links on ...