Antarctic

Thirty-three-year-old Harpreet Chandi recently became the first woman of color to make the difficult solo trek to the South Pole.

The epic survival story of Ernest Shackleton and his crew included a harrowing journey to Elephant Island.

Perseverance and ingenuity from around the world.

Clinging to the underside of ice hundreds of feet thick, strange communities eke out a living, while researchers race to study them before they disappear.

Indigenous ties to the bottom of the world go back more than a millennium, and could point the way forward.

A vitamin deficiency may have changed the course of a continent's history.

Astrophysicist Robert Schwarz has spent more winters at the southern tip of the world than any human in history.

They "were essentially stuck in their bunks for the whole winter."

“One animal’s waste is another animal’s banquet.”

Whales meant margarine, and margarine meant victory.

They need 'em in order to weather the coldest desert on Earth.

Eco-friendly polar exploration on a WindSled.

For nearly 40 years, this loss has accelerated at a devastating clip.

It's filled with funny accounts from Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition.

The continent's winter months present one of the most challenging—and surprising—research environments on Earth.