In 1911, Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set out for the South Pole with little knowledge of nutrition, physiology, or psychology. A century on, modern Antarctic trekkers benefit from advanced ...

Disney's documentary Endurance celebrates the remarkable achievement of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the British explorer who, in 1914, attempted the first trans-antarctic crossing, only to fall foul of ...

“To me, God is cold,” says Wim Hof, the Dutch “iceman” who is making headlines preaching the health benefits of exposure to extreme cold (better focus, sleep, metabolism). He is not alone. Elite ...