Yet another reason is the strong magnetic field near the South Pole. The magnetic field in Antarctica interferes with aircraft's magnetic navigation systems and makes it more challenging for ...

A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa's isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one ...

A team of international scientists compiled decades of data to create a map showing the topography of Antarctica with the ice ...

Antarctica's nearest neighbour is the tip of South America, although this is still around 1,000km away. It would take over two days to reach it by boat. The Geographic South Pole is the most ...

Early explorers skimmed the boundaries of Antarctica in daring sea voyages ... and sledges aiming to be the first to reach the South Pole. They pushed south to 82º16.5'S, when scurvy, frostbite ...

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday became the first Latin American leader and the third worldwide to reach the South Pole, thus consolidating his country's commitment to Antarctica.

our two riders carry the spirit of the motorcycling community across Antarctica - through the coldest, loneliest, harshest and driest desert on Earth - all the way to the South Pole.