The historic buildings at a whaling station were built in about 1906 by Norwegian carpenters, but have fallen into disrepair.

Shackleton famously reached the whaling station of Stromness on South Georgia in 1916 after spending 18 months stranded on Antarctica with his crew. The now-dilapidated Stromness Manager's Villa was ...

Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the ...

Experts share the high-impact adventures topping their wish lists right now—from wildlife-rich jungles to polar expeditions ...

Scenic announced that it will represent Antarctica during ABC News’ live New Year’s Eve broadcast highlighting all seven continents. According to a press release, the broadcast will mark the first ...

An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will ...

The National Geographic Endurance is a comfortable base for explorations in icy waters, whether in the Arctic or in the ...

Back in the 1930s, an ill-advised plan was hatched to keep a living penguin at the Little America hotel in southwest Wyoming.

At 10 a.m. on Saturday, the crew pulled up the gangplank and took in the mooring lines, and soon the Araon was steaming out ...

Often considered the strongest meteor shower of the year, the Geminids produce numerous colorful meteors every hour. During ...

The continent’s ice is melting and raising sea levels worldwide. Our journalists will be sending regular dispatches as they ...