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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recently, the world’s largest ocean exploration initiative announced their discovery of more than 850 new marine species found around the globe. The Ocean Census, created two years ago by the Nippon ...

In 2017, archeologists were conducting an excavation on the grounds of a Protestant church located in the center of Cologne, Germany when they discovered ancient walls lying beneath the church.