In the late 1990s, British travel writer Sara Wheeler spent seven months in Antarctica, which led to her first book, the well-regarded “Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica.” Wheeler was drawn to ...

The polar ice sheets are now a familiar sight on the television news, but people once considered the Arctic and Antarctic so remote, unchanging and extreme that they seemed more mythical than real.

From Paul Gauguin's sensuous Tahiti to Winslow Homer's austere New England coast, visionary painters invested exotic locales and landscapes with human emotions that still touch viewers on many levels.

Mars has long been known for its dusty red dunes, towering volcanoes, and deep canyons, but recent high-resolution images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have revealed something far more ...

The Polymnia Choral Society of Melrose is hosting their Polar Landscape concert on Saturday, Dec. 2, to ring in this year’s holiday season. The concert is scheduled to take place at 7:30 p.m. at the ...

About 120 million years ago, southern Australia was not the sunny, temperate land we know today. Instead, it lay within the polar circle, blanketed by months of darkness and icy winds. But in the face ...

It was perhaps the biggest news story of 1909. Or perhaps it’s better said that there were two competitors for the biggest news story of 1909, both of them seeking the same headline. Arctic explorer ...

New images from the German High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) reveal Australe Scopuli in winter. The region is characterised by layered deposits and remnants of gas plumes that have transported dark ...