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New research highlights the dermatological risks faced by polar explorers, from UV-induced skin cancer to frostbite and ...
Fram2's orbit flew Dragon on a north-to-south trajectory in low Earth orbit at an altitude of about 271 miles (437 kilometers ...
My grandparents are responsible for my love of travel. This visit to Antarctica felt the most meaningful of the trips they ...
The Ukrainian Antarctic base, Academician Vernadsky, welcomed UK researchers and crew of RSS Sir David Attenborough, a ...
Captain Preet Chandi MBE, who was born in Derby, brings extensive experience to lead polar expeditions aimed at advancing ...
The Polar Mission, a mission to circumnavigate the globe from south to north over both poles, launched successfully April 30 ...
The Fram2 mission was funded by Chun Wang, a Chinese-born entrepreneur and adventurer from Malta. Wang flew alongside ...
An Antarctica expedition is a dream come true for Tracey Davies, but first she has to cross the Drake Passage, the roughest sea crossing in the world ...
Michael Smith wrote the definitive biography of Tom Crean. He has now captured the explorer's life in a graphic novel ...
A Korean news site has published an interesting article on Penguin Eggs, and its nutritional virtues, which it describes as “once vital for Antarctic Explorers”, and we might add decades ago ...
Its Polar Museum looks after 5,000 objects, including artefacts linked to explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. But in the latest effort by the university's museums to deal with ...
Expedition is at the heart of every Scenic Eclipse journey to Antarctica, as Scenic Group tells Travelweek in this edition of ...