Mar 22, 2018
'The Terror' Is a Gory Take on an Arctic Mystery
A new drama on AMC combines history and twisted fantasy to recreate the most infamous polar expedition in history
Polar Exploration
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
Feb 13, 2018
Get Schooled in the No-Nonsense Art of Survival
Students in the Extreme Polar Training course, a two-week freeze-fest held near the Arctic Circle on Canada's Baffin Island, learn how to live in Earth's coldest conditions. Still, nothing really prepares you for 72 hours of a sled-pulling, pathfinding ordeal on a skinny pair of skis.
Jan 24, 2018
When Teens Just…Snuck onto Antarctic Expeditions
The true story of one Antarctica-bound boat and several unexpected crew members
Nov 14, 2017
The Best Cold Weather Gear
Fear not winter’s harshest bite with these foul-weather friends
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
Aug 16, 2017
Photographing Polar Bears in the Arctic
Photographer and Filmmaker Abraham Joffe has always been drawn to places that see very few visitors and the polar region fits that criteria like nowhere else.
Apr 4, 2017
In Praise of the Unforgiving Arctic
As a polar explorer, I've spent more than a year of my life living on the ice in one of the harshest environments on the planet. And I love it.
Mar 13, 2017
Working Under the Antarctic Ice Is Actually Pretty Great
Since 2006, Art Woods, a marine biologist at the University of Montana, has made annual two-month trips to Antarctica to dive under the ice and study curiously large sea spiders. We asked him what it's like to do science when the ocean is freezing, the dives are deep, and there's only one hole to come up for air.
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?
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