It was dark. I mean really, really dark, like being deep in a forest on a cloudy, moonless night. I am quite used to poor visibility while diving, but this was different. The glacier around the c...

After his ship Endurance became trapped in Antarctic ice and sank, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed from the continent to South Georgia in a lifeboat and then crossed the island on foot to reach a whal...

It’s still winter, so it might seem odd to think about heading “into the ice” next winter. But Antarctica, from November through February, is actually the perfect summer vacation: austral, or south...