Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old aviator from Memphis, was detained and charged with submitting a false flight plan before traversing ...

An American teenager was arrested in Antarctica for allegedly submitting a false flight plan during his solo attempt to fly ...

Seven countries—Chile, Argentina, the U.K., Norway, Australia, New Zealand and France—maintain territorial claims on the continent.

As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen ...

" ANTARCTICA" the New Continent Larger Than Europe or the United States; The South Pole's Vast Frozen Empire, a Half-solved Problem for the Daring Explorers Who Have Braved Its Inhospitable Coasts ...

And as a fun fact, there's another North Pole in the U.S. that travelers can visit: North Pole, Alaska. While Santa hasn't made it the home of his workshop, the city is known for its year-round ...

Sheridan loved running in the cold so much that she's now preparing to run the North Pole Marathon. "I did not plan that," she said with a smile. "After 7-7-7, I thought I accomplished that.

Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.

Down in Antarctica, where it's the middle of summer, the outer edge of the continent will be much warmer than Chicago and the entire Midwest. "High temperatures this week at the U.S. McMurdo ...

But the South Pole hasn't always been frozen. So when was the last time Antarctica was ice-free?. This ice cap formed relatively recently in geological terms, experts told Live Science.