From sealing captain Nathaniel Palmer to Adm. Richard Byrd and Quonset's role in Operation Deep Freeze, RI has left its mark ...

Far beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, scientists are mapping a landscape that looks less like a frozen desert and more like an ...

Quark Expeditions' newest voyages takes travelers to remote parts of Antartica. Quark Expeditions' newest voyages takes travelers to rarely visited swaths of Antarctica. Guests will explore the remote ...

Renowned Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton once said, “If you're a leader, a fellow that other fellows look to, you've got ...

Exploring Antarctica is one of the world’s great adventures but getting there can be a challenge, especially for the time pressed and those averse to rough water. But there is a new, easier option.

A team of scientists has overcome a major challenge in predicting how Antarctic life will fare under future climate scenarios ...

Credit: Allison Cusick Scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Scripps Polar Center are at ...

A massive iceberg broke off from the George VI Ice Shelf in Antarctica in January, giving researchers a rare opportunity to observe a part of the planet never before seen by humans. Coincidentally, a ...

Antarctica has a wild, rich, and relatively recent history. Learning about it beforehand will not only entertain you, but enhance and improve your trip. Going to Antarctica? Amazing. It’s the trip of ...

The 12-day voyage is aboard Quark's ship Ultramarine and is open to just a couple hundred guests. For intrepid travelers seeking to journey where few have ever set foot—or flown—a new and ...