I saved the best for last. After 10 years of travel writing, I recently made landfall on Antarctica, my seventh and final continent. It is the most stimulating, majestic, and unpredictable place I’ve ...

A newly updated Antarctic Digital Database is released today (12 May 2020). Aimed at the science community, the maps include updates to the ice shelf front around Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, ...

Exploring Antarctica is one of the world’s great adventures but getting there can be a challenge, especially for the time pressed and those averse to rough water. But there is a new, easier option.

National Geographic joined an expedition to understand the mysterious creatures of the ice-locked southern continent. Waddling through the snows of a continent reserved for research, a gentoo penguin ...

Travellers come to explore both the fragility and endurance of life in this inhospitable region at the southern end of the world. Photograph by Matt Dutile It’s possible to lose hours on deck, ...

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions has successfully completed its first-ever round trip flights between Puerto Natales, Chile, and King George Island in Antarctica. Guests on the inaugural ...