From Antarctica's remote Vostok Station to the bustling Russian city of Yakutsk, these places frequently see temperatures drop well below zero and are covered in snow and ice for the majority of the ...

Nestled high atop the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Klinck Research Station was a remote automatic weather station situated at an elevation of approximately 10,170 feet above sea level. It was located ...

Denali, the Alaskan mountain federally designated as Mount McKinley, is North America’s tallest peak at 20,310 feet. At the summit, temperatures can plummet below negative 75 degrees Fahrenheit, with ...

Norilsk, located north of the Arctic Circle in central Russia, is one of the world’s northernmost cities. Established in 1935 as a gulag labor camp, it has since evolved into a major center for nickel ...

The Eastern Antarctic Plateau is a vast, desolate expanse near the South Pole where temperatures plunge to astonishing lows. In fact, satellite data revealed that the plateau once experienced a record ...

Antarctica in general is one of the coldest places on Earth, and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station lies right at the heart of the continent. It was established in 1956 as part of the U.S. Navy’s ...

Established by the Soviet Union in 1957, the Vostok Research Station is one of Earth’s most remote locations. Situated near the south geomagnetic pole in the middle of East Antarctica, it sits atop ...

North Ice was a British research station established in 1952 during the British North Greenland Expedition. Situated on the inland ice of northern Greenland, it was one of the most remote and coldest ...

In January 2009, 16-year-old Jett Travolta — the son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston — was found unconscious in his hotel bathroom at the Old Bahama Bay resort on Grand Bahama Island. He had ...

Almost 26 years after the Columbine massacre, a new victim has been added to the death toll, bringing the total to 14. On Feb. 16, 2025, 43-year-old Anne Marie Hochhalter died of sepsis, a condition ...

On a summer night in 1892, the SS Western Reserve set out for a leisurely cruise through the Great Lakes. But disaster struck midway through the voyage and the ship, considered one of the safest ...

Archaeologists in Russia have uncovered the remains of four Amazon women of different ages buried in the same tomb. According to CNN, this is the first time in history that such a discovery has been ...