Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Wood/Shutterstock When I was working on my book Antarctica in Fiction, friends and colleagues would joke about what an ...

The Arctic and Antarctic are, fittingly, polar opposites. The first is an ocean surrounded by continents, the second a continent surrounded by an ocean. In the one, communities of indigenous people ...

My husband and I skipped Thanksgiving this year to visit our 7th continent together. Our kids, who've visited 25 countries with us, supported our dream and followed our trip virtually. It was a trip ...

When one considers the term “Continent of Science,” one may think of an area filled with the presence of universities or other hubs of science or technology. But, within the geographical and science ...

After decades of tranquility, the status quo in Antarctica is unraveling. Today, the continent is balancing on the edge of a meltdown—both literal and figurative. Not only is climate change ...

A tiny seed is stuck between loose gravel and coarse sand. There is nothing else alive around it. All it can see is a wall of ice reaching 20 meters up into the sky. It is cold. Survival is hard ...

When Rebecca and Jeremy Rowley booked an Antarctica expedition cruise, they knew it would be a trip unlike any other. What they didn't fully anticipate was how profoundly it would reshape their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Will McGough writes about travel destinations and outdoor adventures. Packing lists for people going to Antarctica tend to be gear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A portion of the world's iciest, coldest continent is "greening" at a dramatic rate because of global warming, scientists ...

For over 60 years Antarctica has been a "veritable Shangri-La", said The Economist, "untouched by war, unspoilt by humans, where all nationalities are welcome". The treaty has "endured and expanded" ...