Sailing on your own ship like this, says Wilmot-Sitwell, turns you into “the director of your own expedition,” where you can respond in a moment to anything you see. “If you spot whales or want extra ...

Endurance athlete Colin O'Brady talks exclusively to USA TODAY about crossing Antarctica for a new Netflix documentary by an Oscar-winning director.

Relative of legendary polar explorer Ernest Shackleton fulfills family dream. Feb. 9, 2010— -- When Navy Commander Scott Shackleton stepped off a C-130 aircraft and set foot on the South Pole ...

When I was standing at the South Pole, I felt the same way I feel anywhere on Earth because my feet were still on the ground and the sky was still overhead. I’m an astrophysicist from Wisconsin who ...

Abigail Bishop receives funding from National Science Foundation Award 2013134 and has received funding from the Belgian American Education Foundation. Curious Kids is a series for children of all ...

Are people on the South Pole walking upside down from the rest of the world? – Ralph P., U.S. When I was standing at the South Pole, I felt the same way I feel anywhere on Earth because my feet were ...