This story appears in the September 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. "September 12—Tuesday. Not much visibility. Nasty breeze from S. -52°C. The dogs clearly affected by the cold.

For more than two months, British Capt. Robert Falcon Scott and his men had hauled their supply sledges across 800 miles of ice from their base camp at Antarctica's McMurdo Sound, hoping to become ...

Roald Engebreth Gravning Amundsen of Norway took pride in being referred to as "the last of the Vikings." A powerfully built man of over six feet in height, Amundsen was born into a family of ...

For 13 years, Norwegian adventurer Christian Eide held the record for the fastest solo, unsupported ski journey from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole. While some Antarctic records can be seen as ...

FATIMA: Who shall we look up today? OLLIE: What about an explorer who went to the South Pole? FATIMA: Okay, sounds good. Holo-Lab, can we meet an explorer who went to the South Pole? HOLO-LAB ...

Members of the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012 on Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the day Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated team reached the South Pole, as their own ...

SpaceX is planning a launch as early as Monday evening. If successful, it will mark the first crewed mission to polar orbit ...

Video: John Huston discusses his polar expedition. For more of our conversation with Huston, visit our channel on YouTube. For centuries polar exploration has provided a human link to some of the most ...

Early explorers skimmed the boundaries of Antarctica in daring sea voyages to the ends of the Earth. In the early 20th century, a new generation plunged into the interior. With only dogs, ponies ...