Antarctic
A Heat Wave at -37˚C? That’s Bad News at the South Pole
The Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole is recording...
A Treasure Map to Falling Stars? This Glaciologist Made One
Imagine you're a planetary geologist who studies meteorites. You...
Music Of Melting Earth Blurs Line Between Art And Science
Polar Force. Energy Field. Permafrost. Weather Report.
If those sound...
A Video Tour of Robert Scott’s Discovery Hut in Antarctica
When Antarctica's Discovery Hut was built for Robert Falcon...
New Major Motion Picture to Feature…Colin O’Brady’s Antarctic Crossing?!
Polar exploration rarely gets the Hollywood treatment. Only now...
‘Beyond Belief’: Massive Fin Whale Pod Sighting Prompts Fishing Scrutiny
On a January 2022 morning in the Southern Ocean,...
Alex Honnold Wraps Up Antarctica With What He Calls ‘Actual Rock Climbing’
Warning: The following photos may infect you with an...
British Antarctic Station Has Front Row Seat to Giant Iceberg Calving
For the second time in two years, an enormous...
Caroline Cote On Her Speed Record, Sastrugi, and Positivity
This year’s Antarctic summer featured the usual cast of...
Alex Honnold Tags Another Major Antarctic Peak
It's hard to knock Alex Honnold’s psych for Antarctic...
In Antarctica, Any Claim Goes
Yesterday Briton Preet Chandi triumphantly announced on social media...
Alex Honnold Summits Antarctica’s Vinson: ‘I Felt Shockingly Bad’
Alex Honnold has just climbed one of the Seven...
Row from Antarctica to South Georgia Aborts
Health problems -- compounded with the predictably difficult rowing...
Antarctica 2022-2023: The Season Winds Down
Most of this year's Antarctic expeditions have now wrapped...
The Well-Prepared Adventurer: Ousland Plays Dentist on Past Expedition
If you think you hate the dentist now, wait...
Antarctica 2022: Crossings in Trouble, Solo Skiers Arrive at the Pole
There has been lots of drama, as two of...
Caroline Cote Smashes South Pole Speed Record
Canadian Caroline Cote has smashed the Hercules Inlet to...
Antarctica 2022: Flat Light, Soft Snow, and New Year’s Celebrations
Sastrugi, low clouds, and soft snow continue to plague...
Antarctica 2022: Sastrugi, Sastrugi, and More Sastrugi
After some unique Christmas celebrations, the expeditions were back...
Antarctica 2022: Searle Aborts, Remaining Expeditions Approach The Plateau
Antarctica has been a struggle for most teams this...