All is well here at Mount Vinson! Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica, stands 16,050 ft., making it one of the iconic Seven Summits - the highest mountain on each of the seven continents.
What a great start to the season in Antarctica. We made it to the summit of Mount Vinson on December 14, 2024. The highest peak sticking up amongst the most frozen landscape on Planet Earth at 16 ...
commemorates the discovery of Antarctica just over 200 years ago. The project is part of the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Program (AIMP). Facilities in the new two-storey 4,500m2 ...
Russia's tall ships are to undertake a round-the-world trip to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Antarctica's discovery by the Bellingshausen-Lazarev expedition, according to official information ...
Braving the same unpredictable Antarctic sea ice that doomed the ship 109 years ago, the 2022 team miraculously found the final missing piece of the legendary expedition.
According to an October 2024 study published in Nature Geoscience, vegetation is taking over the Antarctic Peninsula, turning its edges into a verdant landscape worthy of plein air painting.
Yet, despite repeated failures, Campanella’s conviction in a pancake-shaped Earth remained unshaken — until now. Campanella’s Antarctic journey was supposed to be the ultimate mic drop moment for Flat ...
Larsen discovered the first antarctic fossils, which proved that at least part of this region is not vQlcanic. During the years from 1902 to 1904, Capt. R. F_ Scott, commanding the “Discovery ...