Very few places on Earth feel truly untouched. Antarctica is one of them.It’s the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, ...

Every year, in the Antarctic summer, incredible wildlife spectacles unfold. Whales surge into the nutrient-rich Southern Ocean to gorge on krill; migratory birds fly in from afar; and activity levels ...

While most Quad-Citians prepare for the holidays in the United States, others are going far, far from the North Pole. Sarah Nuernberger, 15, will spend Christmas in Antarctica, in the Antarctic Circle ...

Bruce Cowden of Mount Pleasant works on the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown that is stationed in Charleston. He departed in August steaming north for Iceland to do climate research and now after many months ...