University of Chicago paleontologist and author Neil Shubin has been on multiple expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica. Those trips have produced groundbreaking discoveries about the evolution of ...

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 ...

Shackleton’s Emperors,” an 18-day voyage to see the Emperor penguin colony at Snow Hill Island. The special voyage also ...

Quark Expeditions announces captivating expedition itinerary with renowned Polar photographer, Paul Goldstein.

Quark Expeditions has designed a new itinerary to offer guests a chance to see the elusive Emperor penguin colony at Snow ...

Get ready to embark on immersive, personalised and luxurious expeditions to Antarctica with Silversea. Known as the White ...

Towering icebergs, cresting humpback whales, and more penguins than people, a Hurtigruten Antarctica cruise was truly the ...

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

This National Geographic book is much more than a coffee table tome, although you could easily spend hours just poring over the photographs: black-and-white reproductions from Shackleton’s voyage, and ...

The world's largest iceberg, known as A23a, is on a collision course with South Georgia Island, a delicate ecosystem that is ...