Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around ...

I was standing in line at the back of Aurora Expeditions’ Sylvia Earle ship with my heart trying to beat out of my chest. The moment I’d been dreading for days had arrived: it was time to do a polar ...

Several months ago, the Trump administration presented a new national security and defense strategy for the polar regions. Titled Memorandum of Safeguarding U.S. National Interests in the Arctic and ...

Seabourn unveils the expedition team that is guiding guests on voyages to Antarctica during the 2025-26 season.

Amanda Frazier, who studies polar fish in Antarctica, gets some snuggles in with her dog, Maisie, at UC Davis in June 2022. (Alysha Beck/UC Davis) Amanda Frazier studies young polar fish — species ...

Santa Barbara’s own polar explorer Bruce Luyendyk has a new memoir “Mighty Bad Land, A Perilous Expedition to Antarctica Reveal Clues to an Eighth Continent” that covers his first expedition to Marie ...

Antarctica is a land of extremes — icy, wild, and breathtakingly beautiful. From penguin watching and iceberg calving to ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Parts of both the Arctic and Antarctic have experienced historically high temperatures in recent weeks, ...

The team will conduct scientific investigations in the polar region to enhance understanding, protection and utilization of Antarctica, according to Long Wei, deputy director of the Chinese Arctic and ...

The wild waters of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica are one of the planet’s biggest carbon stores. The ocean absorbs around 12% of all carbon dioxide generated by humans each year, but ...

Step out of a helicopter onto a never-before-seen island in Antarctica’s distant south during this expert-led tour around ...

"Transformative Experiences” is a seven-part series focusing on how travel can change the lives of those open to the experiences that new places can bring. If you'd like to contribute to our future ...