100 Years since Amundsen beat Scott to the pole. Dec. 18, 2011 — -- On December 14, 1911, a five-man Norwegian team led by Roald Amundsen became the first explorers to reach the South Pole.

A 100-year-old fruit cake has been found in the oldest building in Antarctica and those who discovered it think it looks fresh. The cake is believed to date to Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova ...

What is so great about barren, uninhabitable Antarctica? First people are chomping at the bit to run marathons there, now they’re racing to the South Pole to celebrate the 100th anniversaries next ...

Julian Sancton’s “Madhouse at the End of the Earth” details Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery’s effort to explore Antarctica, and all of the ways it went wrong. By NICOLE CLIFFE This overstuffed trek ...

For 13 years, Norwegian adventurer Christian Eide held the record for the fastest solo, unsupported ski journey from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole. While some Antarctic records can be seen as "the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The last letters written by Antarctic explorer Robert Scott to his wife and young son before the adventurer died on his South Pole expedition are to go on display for the first time ...

Unlike the leader of the doomed Franklin expedition, Roald Amundsen delighted in getting to know and learning from the Inuit. By Norimitsu Onishi Julian Sancton’s “Madhouse at the End of the Earth” ...