Long before European colonizers sighted the continent, legendary explorer Hui Te Rangiora may have seen Antarctica.

The initial period of Antarctic exploration was known (rather grandly) as the Heroic Age. This was the time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when iconic explorers like Ernest Shackleton ...

There can be few on this island who have never heard of Ernest Shackleton or Tom Crean, but a new Irish award aims to ...

"Whatever the chain of events, only those remains here mentioned have been found up to this day," Daniel Torres Navarro ...

Talbert said the Old Antarctica Explorers Association is no longer active. Still, Pensacola's presence there continues, in its legacy and in its current and future research.

Ice loss in Antarctica and its impact on the planet – sea level rise, changes to ocean currents and disturbance of wildlife and food webs – has been in the news a lot lately. All of these threats were ...

As Midwinter Day approaches in Antarctica – the longest and darkest day of the year – those spending the winter on the frozen continent will follow a tradition dating back more than a century to the ...