Citizen historians have spent decades searching for the original text of Shackleton’s advertisement. Now, some say it might ...

Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other ...

We use imaginary lines to help locate where a place is in the world. the Arctic Circle (the North Pole) the Antarctic Circle (the South Pole) the Tropic of Cancer the Tropic of Capricorn and the ...

"Everyone had been all over the place, so it was really fun to talk ... When the ship crossed the Antarctic Circle, everyone stood outside on the front deck and cheered. "It was clear skies ...

Cook next proceeded along an easterly course, then turned abruptly south, and on January 17th, 1773, was the first person to cross the antarctic circle. Cook continued his travels, the line of ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

Led by The Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council of Italy (ISP-CNR), the scientists worked for more than 200 days, drilling into the ice and processing the ice core at a remote ...