A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

SpaceX launched the Fram2 with four people aboard over the Earths’ poles on Monday night, marking the first time humans have ...

Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness. Think of it this way: By the time the sun rises again, a new president will occupy the White House. The town of Utqiagvik, formerly ...

As the Northern Hemisphere welcomes spring today, the Southern Hemisphere is marked with the first day of autumn.

The magnetic north pole is once again on the move—this time inching ever closer to Siberia. Scientists have updated the World Magnetic Model as the magnetic north pole shifts closer to Siberia ...

Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed they discovered the North Pole. AGIP / Rue des Archives / The Granger Collection, New York On September 7, 1909, readers of the New York Times awakened ...

Reaching the North Pole was a fantasy of the ancients ... and when I went to bed at night.” That love affair and the effort to consummate it – during which the two men ate two pounds of ...