Towards the end of 1977, the Argentinian government airlifted the heavily pregnant Silvia Morello de Palma to the country’s ...

For most of the year, South Africa's SANAE IV research station is one of the most isolated places on Earth: cut off from the rest of the world in the Antarctic for up to 10 months at a time and ...

‘Some can’t handle the isolation, the extreme weather, the perspective you lose when you can’t judge distances in the whiteness’: The Sanae IV research station in Antarctica - South Africa National ...

Our reporter sends a dispatch from the icebreaker Araon, currently on its way to Antarctica, about the scientists, their work and how he’s battling seasickness.

The chance to travel to the farthest corner of the planet, the Antarctic continent, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for most people. It’s the last frontier on Earth, a place where explorers such ...

New Zealand's Air Force raced to a U.S. research station in Antarctica to evacuate three people needing medical attention. The high-stakes mission happened in freezing temperatures and near-darkness.

WASHINGTON — Three people needing medical care were airlifted out from a U.S. scientific base in Antarctica this week during a perilous rescue mission. The Royal New Zealand Air Force conducted the ...