HX Expeditions has been leading adventure travel trips since 1896 and has more than 20 years of experience operating in ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

LC-130s, which are outfitted with giant skis, are the backbone of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the sole reason that Amundsen-Scott South Pole station is able to function, Tom Ellis, director of ...

In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole. It was one of the most famous expeditions in history. No single country owns Antarctica.

A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that increases in salinity in seawater near the surface could help explain some of the decrease in Antarctic sea ...

Then there’s Amundsen-Scott, also known as “the South Pole Station” because it’s located on the Antarctic plateau at the geographic South Pole. The Ceremonial South Pole, an actual pole ...

The Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition to attempt to ski to the Geographic South Pole, has selected three candidates for the coming November challenge, which coincides ...

As a clear demonstration of "the ability of man to advance" past 500 kilometers (311 miles) in Antarctica, the National Science Foundation Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is located at the ...

It’s not only the physical challenges, but also the mental side of living in Antarctica that would make a permanent human settlement there difficult. On 25 October 1991, I made my first trip to the US ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

It’s created by strong westerly winds across the Southern Ocean, combined with the impact created by the difference in water surface temperature between the Equator and the South Pole. The ACC keeps ...