Seven of the eight young explorers are Kiwis – selected by the Trust out of hundreds of applicants who put their name forward ...

A fledgling group of young voyagers is set to embark on the "trip of a lifetime" to Antarctica for a month-long journey in ...

Historians have long been divided about who was the real hero of the Golden Age of Polar Exploration: Scott or Shackleton?

Last, but not least, I hope that readers – whether experienced polar travellers and historians or those who have learned recently about the finding of the Endurance wreck or at-risk penguin colonies – ...

Captain Robert Falcon Scott. In the documentary, the expedition leader, Dr. John Shears, states that Shackleton had the ability to persuade Scott to take "a merchant marine all the way to the ...

Alexandra Shackleton and descendents from the Chilean ... Another Punta Arenas distinguished visitor together with Alexandra was Robert Headland curator of the Cambridge University Polar Museum.

Russian meteorologist Nikita Alexandra Romanov is traveling to the South Pole when she meets American adventurer Jack Kennedy ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert, largely devoid of life. But this wasn't always the case. Ninety million years ago, it ...

Mullingar native Darren Slevin and his friend Nathan Lumb from Manchester are gearing up to become the first team from ...

The Norwegian skier will attempt to reach the South Pole from Hercules Inlet in under 22 days, 6 hours, and 8 minutes.