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A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

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

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On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the geographic South Pole, part of a tragic race against Britain's Robert Scott who died of exhaustion and cold on the return ...

On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the geographic South Pole, part of a tragic race against Britain's Robert Scott who died of exhaustion and cold on the return ...

Karuna Prasad Mitra, a 71-year-old climber from Naihati, embarks on a challenging South Pole expedition after reaching the North Pole last year. With temperatures plummeting to -30°C, Mitra aims ...

Difference Between North Pole and South Pole The North and South Poles, each with distinct geographic, meteorological, and ecological characteristics, stand in for the extremes of our world.

Americans have occupied the geographic South Pole continuously since November 1956, and no terrestrial mammals live there. "It's too cold and too far from the ocean for penguins, unfortunately.