Sir Ernest Shackleton's polar ship, Endurance, was considered to be the strongest of its time but the vessel had significant ...

A new analysis suggests a broken rudder wasn’t what doomed the Endurance. Here's what the analysis suggests caused the ship ...

Researchers believe Shackleton knew of his ship’s weaknesses in ice. Should that change our understanding of the classic tale ...

The Endurance sank in 1915, a victim of the polar ice. But a new study suggests that Endurance was doomed by her own design flaws.

SpaceX on Monday launched its latest mission for paying customers: This time, a Crew Dragon spacecraft is carrying a cryptocurrency billionaire and three guests on a dayslong trip that will orbit ...

China has claimed a milestone in Arctic exploration as it conducted the first manned deep-sea dive in the ice-covered waters ...

"It has been trekking till here." Arctic explorers makes stunning discovery while crossing ice sheet: 'There is a lot' first ...

S ome places on Earth are so much more than locations on a map. The very north and south of the globe are two such places; they are icy expanses of raw beauty that have long inspired the imagination ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South ...

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 ...

For the boldest explorers, notable achievements in exploration include firsts in reaching the highest, deepest and furthest points on Earth. Locations such as the North Pole, South Pole, Mount Everest ...