A baby boom continues near the Ukrainian Antarctic station Akademik Vernadsky. In addition to the birth of seals and penguin ...

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic traditionally use polar bear fur for its ice-resistant properties, but the science behind ...

About a thousand of them have already been born, and the number of chicks will increase. The Ukrainian polar explorers showed the little penguins together with their parents. They also told how adult ...

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British polar explorer Felicity Aston understands that but explains: “The Arctic, in particular, is often thought of as a distant white wilderness, but we are all connected to it through the ...

Citizen historians have spent decades searching for the original text of Shackleton’s advertisement. Now, some say it might ...

How many penguins have polar explorers counted According to scientists from the Akademik Vernadsky Antarctic Station, almost 4,000 penguins now live on Galindez Island. This number was counted by ...

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Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge writes about dangerous walking trips to North Pole, South Pole and Mount Everest in "After the North Pole." ...

Only a few expedition cruise companies offer trips with an opportunity to ski in Antarctica. Here's what it's like to see a ...

After collecting hair from six polar bears in the wild, scientists homed in on the hair 'sebum' (or grease) as the ...