What began as Shackleton’s ambitious plan to be the first to traverse the Antarctic continent instead became one of the most ...

A geomagnetic storm is set to bring a rare aurora borealis display to parts of the United States tonight, with skywatchers in ...

SYOWA STATION, Antarctica--One week ago ... the dancing glow of an aurora colored the Milky Way, stretching all the way to the zenith. The curtains of the base buildings were closed so as ...

Travel to Antarctica is on the rise, and women expedition leaders, mountaineers, naturalists, are leading the charge.

During solar storms and other sun-related events, the oval expands southward into the Upper Midwest, bringing the northern ...

Vessels travelling to and from Antarctica often face risky conditions. In 2014, Aurora Australis helped rescue Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy and its 52 crew.

We’re halfway through our nine-day Antarctic Explorer cruise with Aurora Expeditions and dropping into the Southern Ocean from the zodiac every day has almost become second nature.