However, Antarctic sea ice, which surrounds the south pole, has shrunk to a near-record ... according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Rapid warming has already caused ...

No one knows what it is. Courtesy of Michael Turner Scientists working at the South Pole stay in a facility resting on stilts that are raised as snow accumulates. Keith Vanderlinde / National ...

hopes to reach the South Pole by January 7. Speaking via a satellite phone from Antarctica, Mr Huntington told the PA news agency: “It’s been slightly warmer than anticipated. “The snow ...

A former GB Para-athlete has made history after becoming the first disabled person to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole. Jonny Huntington ... sastrugi and soft snow, which made progress ...

The sensation of cold and howling winds are evoked in the reader’s mind by many books on Polar exploration where a landscape ...