Category : Life on the Ice

An unusually strong summer storm at South Pole stopped flights from arriving for four days. But it didn’t slow down hardy Polies from continuing to...

South Pole Station residents gather at the geographic pole on Veteran’s Day in honor of the holiday. The U.S. military has a long history of...

David Huebner, United States ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, went to Antarctica this past week, his first visit to the icy continent since being...

New Year’s is always a rocking time in Antarctica. The annual IceStock outdoor music concert and festival featured more than six hours of music that...

A new year and an old century merged at the South Pole on Jan. 1, 2011. U.S. Antarctic Program personnel gathered at 90 degrees south...

In the last four years, Rickey Gates has competed around the world as a top mountain runner. Now the 29-year-old Coloradoan can truly say he’s...

Their bags were picked and they were ready to compete in the annual McMurdo Ice Marathon. But a last-minute flight cancellation stranded the three hopeful...

Longtime U.S. Antarctic Program researcher Bruce D. Sidell died on Feb. 8, 2011, at the age of 62. He was a professor and founding director...

The break-up of the sea ice in McMurdo Sound to an extent not seen in 12 years has welcomed in a plethora of wildlife to...

Most people have seen the pictures of the crumpled Christchurch Cathedral or watched the video of a woman plucked from the roof of a collapsed...