The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

This pier made of ice and constructed over the Antarctic winter is used when the resupply cargo ships arrive in summer.

A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.

The steep slope known as “Ob Hill” overlooks an Antarctic research station.

A garden in the middle of the most inhospitable continent.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

A coin-operated washing machine turned jukebox, complete with an outdoor dance floor.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

Many rock climbers have come to conquer this slender sea stack, with various degrees of success.

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

Bronze statues honor the brave explorers who passed through this Antarctic gateway.

Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.

This historic Australian bridge was built by convicts with giant stone spikes to prevent cattle from falling off the sides.