To obtain b-roll, contact Dena Headlee at [email protected]. The United States has dedicated a new scientific station at the geographic South Pole–the third since 1957–officially ushering in a new ...

Major construction projects to improve the electrical generating capacity and communications links at the National Science Foundation’s Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station were completed this month, ...

AMUNDSEN-SCOTT SOUTH POLE STATION, Antarctica, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The snow squealed and crunched as the U.S. Air Force ski-plane slid to a stop at the bottom of the world. Sign up here. The spring sky ...

In case you’ve ever wondered how the South Pole research stations are powered, then a recent blog post, South Pole Electrical Infrastructure by anonymous IT engineer [brr] is for you. Among the many ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star will be returning to Seattle Tuesday afternoon. The 399-ft., Seattle-based cutter is returning after a five-month deployment where the icebreaker participated in ...

Ronald Shemenski, a 59-year-old Ohio doctor who went to the South Pole in search of adventure, has become the patient at the center of a medical rescue effort more daring than anything he could have ...

It seems like everyone who’s anyone is sending a spacecraft to the south pole of the Moon these days. India just landed there, and Russia recently crashed a lander trying to get there. The U.S. plans ...