It's not only the physical challenges but also the mental side of living in Antarctica that would make a permanent human settlement there difficult. On Oct 25, 1991, I made my first trip to the US ...

It might seem rather a weird connection, but ancient Viking warriors and Antarctica’s climate researchers have something in common- a lot in fact. As some movies portray, Vikings were seafaring ...

Deception Island once lured whalers and hosted military outposts, but it now attracts tourists from Antarctic cruise ships. But Canadian scientists are coming ashore for something other than historic ...

according to many scientists drawn to Antarctica. Deception Island's most recent eruption was in 1970. Now, tourists and scientists visit the remains of settlements at Whalers Bay. (Jill English ...

An inside look at the HX 'Nansen,' including its science program, zodiac excursions, and amenities, like its ocean-view sauna ...

There's no settlement in Antarctica outside science bases. Any nation's political weight there is measured by its science footprint. More than 40 countries operate research stations and summer camps.

Around them lie cockeyed iron tanks and wooden boats from an early 20th-century whaling settlement ... Bay is still humanity's biggest imprint on Antarctica, outside of its 80 or so research ...

according to many scientists drawn to Antarctica. Deception Island's most recent eruption was in 1970. Now, tourists and scientists visit the remains of settlements at Whalers Bay. (Jill English/CBC) ...