The annual average temperature at the North Pole is -40C in winter compared to the South Pole, which hovers around -60C, according to AE Expeditions. There are various reasons for Antarctica's ...

If we can survive 47 below, we can do just about anything, right? Bismarck native Nolan Maher said growing up here prepared him for the biggest research experience of his life.

"I wanted so badly to set off for the North Pole this year, but without the necessary funding, it just isn't possible," she said. Capt Chandi earned two Guinness World Records after a 922-mile (1 ...

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 ...

Antarctica lies at the South Pole. In mountainous areas temperatures fall to -60 °c. In mountainous areas temperatures fall to -60 °c. Look at this slideshow to see how the position of the Earth ...

In a statement, author Alex Dornburg, a research curator at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, says, “In an elegant twist of fate, the source area for Antarctica’s marine fish species is ...

Antarctica is like no place on Earth. The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted ...

Global sea ice cover hit a historic low in February as the world endured exceptional heat, with temperatures near the North Pole soaring 11 degrees Celsius above average, Europe's climate monitor ...

Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These itty bitty critters... Here's how tourists are solving a plankton ...

Early explorers skimmed the boundaries of Antarctica in daring sea voyages ... pioneers of this Heroic Age forged virgin trails to the Pole and beyond. View the paths of glory and despair that ...

Argentina will install an observatory at the Belgrano II base in Antarctica, 1,300 kilometers from the South Pole, which will be ... done from positions further north.” He added that “this ...