A new book explores how one biologist’s work at the North and South Poles changed the way he sees the world and our place in ...

As polar ice continues to melt at alarming rates, Arctic and Antarctic wildlife are facing unprecedented challenges. From ...

A parliamentary report has called on for a second icebreaking vessel and more reliable funding for Antarctic research.

He writes: “Freezing and thawing over millennia, the Arctic and Antarctic are like vaults that hold our planet’s heirlooms. When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – ancient ...

In all, 200 participants from nearly 100 countries and organizations, attended the meeting focused on the future of shipping in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Safety and sustainability in polar ...

In hot and sunny Singapore, the fate of the icy lands at the poles of the earth may seem like a remote concern. British polar explorer Felicity Aston understands that but explains: “The Arctic ...

A year later, a presidential memo ordered a fleet of fully deployable polar icebreakers by 2029, in order to protect “national interests in the Arctic and Antarctic … and to retain a strong ...

Arctic sea ice has now dipped to its second ... seals which make their homes among the deep keels. Meanwhile, in the Antarctic, despite a promising start to the month sea ice extents have ...

Recent data shows that there’ll be almost no summer sea ice cover left in the Arctic in the next few decades ... area - they'll be dramatic in the entire northern hemisphere. The Antarctic ice sheet ...

The northern and southern reaches of the planet are warming faster than any area on Earth, with the Arctic ocean and air temperatures rising twice as much as elsewhere. The Greenland and Antarctic ice ...

The first antarctic expedition falls into that period ... James Clarke Ross, a nephew of Sir John Ross, the arctic explQrer, and one whO had several years of arctic experience, left Tasmania ...