Garrard wrote his great book about Antarctica, as a member of Robert Falcon Scott’s ultimately ill-fated expedition, he ...

Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into ...

Chile's president visited Antarctica, an attempt to draw attention to the renewed great power competition playing out on the ...

Delphine Shannon, 93, of Altoona counts herself among the less than 1% of the population who has traveled to the seven ...

Have you ever wondered why minimal trans-oceanic flights exist in the Southern Hemisphere? Looking at a map, it's easy to see ...

Chinese research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, has sailed more than 10,000 nautical miles since it departed for China's 41st Antarctic expedition on November 1, completing one third of the ...

The midnight sun keeps Antarctica endlessly illuminated for 6 months of the year. Polar night, which sees perpetual darkness, ...

Operation Highjump was an enormous U.S. military expedition to Antarctica that began in December 1946 and ultimately lasted ...

After overcoming violence and neglect as a youth, the newest Chief Scout is on a mission to give British youth more purpose ...

NORAD used an official map that was updated consistently to ... Africa and Europe. He stopped in Antarctica, and as night fell in the Western Hemisphere, he traversed South America and the Caribbean ...

Follow live updates from the NORAD Santa tracker 2024 as Father Christmas embarks on his traditional whistlestop tour to ...