Antarctica & Arctic Stories

Can you spot a walrus in the wild? Or better yet, from space?

Have you seen a walrus in the wild? These large, fun-lovable animals are easily identified by their long white tusks, mustaches, and floppy tails as they...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The New, Surprising Reasons Why Travelers Visit Antarctica

“The best idea we ever had” is what American environmentalist, historian and novelist Wallace Stegner called our national parks. In 1983, he wrote: “National...

Joel Centano

10 Winter Getaways to Embrace—or Escape—the Cold

The mercury’s dropping, snow is in the air and Orion rules the night sky. All signs point to winter—the season that induces cabin fever like no other. It’s...

Laura Kiniry

Five Famous Antarctic Expeditions

The first time I saw Antarctica, I actually started to cry. It’d been a couple of days aboard the Scenic Eclipse, a Polar Class 6 luxury-expedition cruise...

Elissa Poma

Six Must-Pack Items to Take on an Arctic Adventure

The priority when packing for an expedition to a cold-weather destination is to load up on outerwear. Waterproof jackets and pants aren’t enough; the key to...

WWF

Where in the World You Can See Penguins

They slide on their bellies across the snow, congregate on icebergs and seem to fly through freezing water in search of fish. That’s how most people picture...

Cathy Brown

Shackleton’s Endurance is Found in Antarctica

Aptly named, apparently, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic vessel Endurance had been lost for 107 years—and was just found jaw-droppingly intact on the bottom...

Madison Mitchell

10 Things About Penguins That You May Not Know

The Galápagos penguin is the only penguin species found north of the equator and in the Galápagos. They are also the rarest species of penguins with fewer...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Where Antarctica Penguins “Go,” Biodiversity Follows

On first impression, Antarctica may look barren and less biodiverse than most other places on Earth—and, even, simple in its black-and-whiteness. In reality,...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Antarctica Snow Is Made of Stardust

There’s something special about snow. Snow days. Snow forts. Snowmen. Snowshoeing. Sledding. Walking in a winter wonderland. And every winter, when it looks...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Emperor Penguins’ Big Air Down South

The Earth’s poles have a special kind of pull on me—sometimes called the “ice blink”—and that’s why on this Christmas Eve, I’m thinking of them. At this time...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Video: Iceland at Its Most Elemental

There's a myth that Iceland got its name because Viking settlers didn’t want people flocking to their verdant island. They wanted to make sure that their...

Jennie Lay

East Greenland: One Wild Ride

Big ice. Big mountains. Big whales. Everything about Greenland is enormous. On the ground in East Greenland, a sense of awe bowled us over with each...

Natural Habitat Adventures

Traveler Story: Greenland in Words & Photos

Ellen and I have been fortunate to travel widely and see a world beyond where we live. Our recent trip to Greenland certainly ranks high on our list of...

Jennie Lay

Greenland: Keeping it Cool

Last summer, encounters with the Greenland ice sheet made me cry. Twice. In August, I traveled to East Greenland—the remote part of the frozen expanse that...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Greenland Whale Proves to Be the First Narwhal-Beluga Hybrid

If narwhal-beluga crosses (narlugas) are a result of climate change, will it help the two species continue to survive, or will it inadvertently doom them?

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Travel Tale: The Environmentalist Elves of Iceland

My guide was dead serious—or, at least, he seemed to be. He told me that there are elves in Iceland. He made this surprising statement while we were in his...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Videos: The Natural Worlds of Antarctica and the Falklands

Well into this very cold winter—though still far from its end—I like to dream about the summer that’s happening some other place now, down at the bottom of...

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