We departed on the MV Sylvia Earle from Ushuaia, Argentina, in November to retrace Shackleton’s epic journey of survival. His ...

A new scientific investigation challenges long-held assumptions about Shackleton’s Endurance, revealing that the ship may never have been suited for the extreme Antarctic conditions it faced.

Swan Hellenic is raising the bar for polar exploration with a one‑of‑a‑kind 32‑night Grand Voyage from Ushuaia to Dunedin.

UT-San Antonio prof Stephen Ackley will discuss his 30-plus years of navigating the Antarctic's unforgiving terrain.

A NEW immersive visual arts programme for primary school students across Kildare has been unveiled by Riverbank Arts Centre in collaboration with the Shackleton Experience, Athy, the only institution ...

If you can explain Antarctica, you've never been there.' That was the quote from our captain, Jorn Bowitz, as we set off on our voyage to the White Continent.

Historian and biographer of polar explorers whose book on Scott and Amundsen sparked controversy ...

From ice swimming to desert crossings, these explorers are redefining what modern adventure – and modern adventurers – look ...

Antarctica, the coldest, emptiest, highest, windiest continent on earth, is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been. At ...

A new hybrid trip from Terra Nova Expeditions allows Antarctic adventurers to sail on a larger expedition ship and a small yacht. Scott Laird is a freelance travel writer who has logged over two ...

For decades, scientists have been studying intriguing “gravity holes,” which are enormous depressions in the Earth’s crust where the effects of gravity are significantly lower than average. It’s an ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. As winters warm, falling ...