If they had superhero vision, an astronaut would see the people at the South Pole and North Pole standing upside down from ...

The North Pole, often a subject of fascination, lies at the very top of our planet, but its exact location can be difficult to pinpoint on a standard map. Geographically, it is located over the Arctic ...

Explorer Alan Chambers is on a mission to uncover the spread of microplastics — and he was stunned by what he found in ...

Amanda Anisimova, who before our very eyes was thrashed in the Wimbledon singles final, delivered such a magnificent speech ...

American Amanda Anisimova, who before our very eyes was thrashed in the Wimbledon singles final, delivered such a magnificent ...

Researchers revealed that the Southern Ocean is changing in ways that differ from what scientists had expected.

Most meetings reward the loudest and quickest voices. Fast talkers dominate, while more reflective thinkers get sidelined. Ideas are judged not by their substance but by the confidence with which they ...

In 1957, a team of Kiwis led by Sir Edmund Hillary undertook an extraordinary journey across Antarctica as part of the ...

Because salt water draws up heat from the deep ocean and makes it harder for sea ice to regrow - as well as bringing up ...

Long before European colonizers sighted the continent, legendary explorer Hui Te Rangiora may have seen Antarctica.

An astrophysicist who spent time doing research at the South Pole gets to the bottom of how things feel at the ends of the ...

There can be few on this island who have never heard of Ernest Shackleton or Tom Crean, but a new Irish award aims to ...