An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old. The goal of the French duo is to better ...

In the new National Geographic Documentary Films project "Endurance" a camera crew led by BAFTA nominee Natalie Hewit and Oscar-winning documentarian duo Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ...

The age of Antarctic exploration was one of those rare chapters in history where curiosity pushed people into conditions that most of us could barely imagine. Explorers set out into freezing, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is this visitor to Antarctica going crazy or having a good time? Tim Bieber/Photodisc via Getty Images As Midwinter Day approaches ...

Ukrainian polar explorers recorded an unusual natural phenomenon near the Antarctic station "Akademik Vernadsky" - ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Conservationists in Australia's oldest Antarctic outpost have scraped away a hundred years of snow and ice to unearth items, from bullets to a bowl of peas, that reveal the harsh ...

Antarctica is a destination of staggering extremes – home to the largest ice sheet on the planet, soaring 14,700-foot mountains, active "Ring of Fire" volcanoes and the coldest surface temperature ...

Exclusive: See a clip from the newest National Geographic documentary from Oscar-winning duo Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, alongside co-director Natalie Hewit, about two generations of ...