WE know him as the tough-guy adventurer who is either climbing Mount Everest, racing to the South Pole or running a marathon ...

In a recovery-bound economy, it’s probably hard to sell vacations that cost up to $12,000 per person. But for a few Prior Lake families, the experience of exploring an unusual destination ...

Sue Halliwell marks the 150th anniversary of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s birth by tracing his ill-fated British ...

Surveys the Moon from orbit and relays data back to Earth.

In situations of extreme danger, many report having perceived a figure that comforts and guides — is it our brain’s emergency survival mechanism?

Discovered by the West not much more than 200 years ago, Antarctica’s history is unique when compared to the six other continents—because its exploration, mapping, and “settlement” are all so ...

Citizen historians have spent decades searching for the original text of Shackleton’s advertisement. Now, some say it might never have existed Colin Schultz; Updated by Sarah Kuta Ernest ...

A seaman and Antarctic explorer, he was part of the Discovery and Terra Nova expeditions led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole. He was also part of Ernest Shackleton’s mission on ...

According to NOAA, the island has an extensive population of penguins, seals, and birds in what is considered to be a more mild climate when compared to the extremes faced at the South Pole. Due to ...

Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic is taking legal action against AirAsia for using his famous mural of children on a bicycle, painted in Penang, as livery on one of its aircraft without his consent.