Poles

Solo skier Luke Robertson arrived at the South Pole

40 days from Hercules Inlet (Correne Coetzer) The 30-year-old...

Gigantic chasm under Antarctic ice

A vast, previously unrecognised canyon system could be hidden...

Antarctic helicopter pilot dies of injuries after crevasse fall

A helicopter pilot critically injured in Antarctica on Monday...

Antarctica: Skier aborted expedition; cold -47ºC; and 10,400ft topped on Titan Dome

Also: Call for The Shackleton Award nominations and Greenland...

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

NOMINATIONS FOR THE AWARD IS OPEN UNTIL 22nd JANUARY...

A new age of discovery

The glory-seeking adventurer of old is giving way to...

Antarctica: Titan Dome and Katabatic Winds

Reported wind-chill of below -40. (Correne Coetzer) While...

Henry Worsley at the South Pole

First arrival of the season (that is a full...

Huge Storm May Raise North Pole Temps 50 Degrees

Such a high, even if for a short duration,...

Countries Rush for Upper Hand in Antarctica

An array of countries is rushing to assert greater...

Antarctica: Christmas, and Teapot Air-Dropped

Doug Tumminello received a new teapot in an awkward...

Christmas on Antarctica Hundred Years Ago

Shackleton December 25, 1915: "Our thoughts went back to...

***New*** Arctica: The Vanishing North by Sebastian Copeland

A new photo book representing ten years of Arctic...

Interview: Sung Taek Hong On Lhotse South Face Expedition 2015

Explorersweb contributor Kyu Dam Lee met the Lhotse South...

Antarctica: medical air drop, and notorious sastrugi fields

Taking it one day, one sastrugi, at a time....

Three new alpine routes in Patagonia

Cerro San Lorenzo: three new routes by Slovenian alpinists...

Ocean Camp to Patience Camp: Shackleton, December 1915

Progress was slow; 200 yards could take them about...

South Pole skier evacuated, and a change in route plan

White-outs, blisters, broken tent poles and more sastrugi pose...

Expedition KARLAG: A Bit Of A Background

We are at the current building of the KARLAG...

Mind-numbing white-outs; Climbers in gale force winds

White-outs and 50m wide crevasses on ski routes. One...

Douglas Tompkins, 72, North Face Founder, Dies in Kayaking Accident

Douglas Tompkins, a noted conservationist and the founder of...

Skiers at Hercules Inlet, Climbers summited, Lessons from 84ºS

Eric Philips halfway to Ulvetanna. (5 images) (Correne Coetzer)...

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