The story of early polar exploration is often told through a handful of famous names, yet many important expeditions have faded from broader recognition over time. These lesser-known journeys were not ...

Following a formidable 106-day trek across the Arctic, which ended with the two Arctic Arc expedition members relying on Envisat images to guide them safely through disintegrating sea-ice, intrepid ...

It is thanks to the selfless efforts of these scientists, geologists, pilots, sailors and people of other professions that we traced maritime and air routes, developed mineral deposits and created ...

MOSCOW, October 21. /TASS/. A team of volunteers during an expedition to Cape Chelyuskin will restore monuments to polar explorers, the Clean Arctic project's press service said. "The cemetery site is ...

Archaeologists followed a tip from a Breheimen National Park ranger and found a 1,500-year-old stick used in reindeer hunts, photos show. Photo from Secrets of the Ice, shared by Lars Holger Pilø The ...

OTTAWA, April 17 (Reuters) - British explorers walking to to the North Pole on a mission to gauge how fast Arctic ice sheets are melting say they are surprised by how little permanent ice they have ...