Antarctica & Arctic Stories

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...

Michelle Peters

How to Choose the Best Antarctica Trip for You

Imagine gliding through a silent sea of icebergs, the only sounds the occasional calving of glaciers, the call of seabirds, and the excited murmur of your...

Laura Kiniry

Three Ways to Visit the Antarctic Peninsula

We were kayaking among patches of floating ice, penguins porpoising through the waters between us, when our guide got the call over the radio. "Who here is...

Rebecca Self

Five Stories for World Penguin Day: People, Places and Programs Devoted to Penguin Conservation

Penguins: An Evolutionary Success Story Historically, penguins are an evolutionary success story: few animals have adapted as extensively to thrive in extreme...

Madison Mitchell

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...

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...

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