In December 1911, Norwegian Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen, along with four companions, race against the English to become ...

Rising out of the frozen plateau is the South Pole Telescope, a key tool for radio astronomy. Completed in 2007, the 33-ft ...

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 ...

I didn’t feel upside down, says Abigal Bishop, but there were some differences that still made the South Pole feel flipped ...