Antarctic

After more than 30 years as an iconic fixture of the polar research station, this beloved bus is bidding farewell to the southern continent.

From “windsleds” to sled dogs.

Polar explorer Edmund Stump has made 13 field trips to research and photograph the southern continent.

Eventually, even imagined mushroom fantasy lands could no longer mask the perils.

It’s not a Christmas trick, but the colorful effect could change everything.

Satellite imagery recently captured a dramatic view of shrinking glaciers and snow cover on the remote island.

Peek inside the "employment records" of Great Britain’s sled dogs.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

With resourcefulness and a little help from international neighbors, a volunteer crew thrived in the icy landscape.

A story of Antarctic adventure seekers, stamp collectors, politics, and penguins.

Thirty-three-year-old Harpreet Chandi recently became the first woman of color to make the difficult solo trek to the South Pole.

The epic survival story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew included a harrowing journey to Elephant Island.

Perseverance and ingenuity from around the world.

Clinging to the underside of ice hundreds of feet thick, strange communities eke out a living, while researchers race to study them before they disappear.

Indigenous ties to the bottom of the world go back more than a millennium, and could point the way forward.