Mar 8, 2018
Was Captain Robert F. Scott Sabotaged in Antarctica?
A new study has reignited the contentious debate about what led to the explorer's demise in 1912
Antarctica
Feb 20, 2018
Before Henry Worsley, There Was Børge Ousland
David Grann’s New Yorker story about a doomed Antarctic adventurer was a spellbinding read. But as he—and Outside—seem to forget, other people had already done what Worsley was trying to pull off.
Jan 24, 2018
When Teens Just…Snuck onto Antarctic Expeditions
The true story of one Antarctica-bound boat and several unexpected crew members
Oct 20, 2017
Ben Saunders on His Hardest Mission Yet
We caught up with the British explorer ahead of his attempt to cross a 1,000-mile swath of Antarctica hauling 300 pounds of gear—completely unassisted
Sep 15, 2017
The Polar Expedition That Went Berserk
When Antarctica hits you with the worst storm in decades, sinks your boat, and drowns your crew, there’s only one way to react: get another ship and go back for more
Jul 11, 2017
The Race to Collect Glacier Ice Before It's Gone
A team of scientists are drilling into some of the world’s highest glaciers to learn about our planet’s past before the ice disappears forever
Mar 2, 2017
“I Went Through the Ice on Day 47:” The Daily Life of a Polar Explorer
John Huston explored the North Pole, South Pole, and everything in between. Now he's moving into uncharted territory as the father of newborn twins.
Jan 12, 2017
We Traveled from Greenland to Antarctica to Find the Best Glacier Glasses
Need sunglasses for climbing, mountaineering, or traveling through snow and ice? We tested three pairs across three continents and two hemispheres to find out how they stack up.
Dec 28, 2016
How to Survive a Swim in the Antarctic
Cold-water swimmer Lewis Pugh has stroked across a glacial lake and around icebergs in the Antarctic. What’s his secret?
Dec 16, 2016
A Beautiful (But Brutal) Multi-Day Race in Antarctica
Nature writer and Explorers Club fellow Barry Lopez once wrote that Antarctica’s landscape “retained Earth’s primitive link, however tenuous, with space, with the void that stretched out to Jupiter and Uranus.” It is a place so alien and removed from civilization that, as Lopez put it, “the light itself is aloof.”
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