You can now travel from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle — and hit multiple continents in between — without ever stepping foot on an international flight, thanks to Holland America’s new “pole-to-pole” ...

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The Earth contains two frosty, cold ends: the northern Arctic Circle — more commonly known as the “North Pole” and home to the beloved Santa Claus — and the opposite, southern continent of Antarctica.

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As a big Arctic and Antarctic exploration nerd, I can tell you with confidence that that shit is hard. A few guys on Twitter are making the trip to the Arctic circle purposefully more difficult by ...

The Antarctic winter sea ice maximum is on track to be the second lowest on record, at 17.15 million square km² (6.62 million mi²), close to the 2023 record low of 16.96 million km² (6.55 million mi²) ...

I recently had the privilege of visiting the Antarctic when I joined an expedition group with other curious folks from all over the world alongside a team of glaciologists and marine biologists. As a ...

WHY IT RATES: Oceanwide Expeditions has launched its 2025-2026 Antarctic cruise season, featuring new and returning itineraries, with voyages on m/v Hondius, m/v Ortelius, and m/v Plancius exploring ...

As we sailed through Disko Bay on Greenland’s west coast, I woke to a persistent, muffled crunch. The root of all the ruckus: floating disks of pancake ice strewn across a pastel sunrise-tinted sea.