Historic Landing on Antarctica by Icelandic Plane & Crew
Loftleiðir Icelandic, a subsidiary of the Icelandair Group, landed a Boeing 757 passenger aircraft on a blue-ice runway in Antarctica just last week. ...
Huge ice structures discovered hidden beneath Greenland ice sheet
Massive ice structures as wide as Manhattan and as tall as skyscrapers have been discovered beneath Greenland’s ice sheet.
Green landscape discovered beneath Greenland ice sheet
Before the ice sheet that today covers the majority of Greenland formed, there was a time when the lush, forested landscape covered the region – now r...
UN leak reveals ice is disappearing faster in Greenland and Antarctica
Ice is melting faster in Greenland and Antarctica and could lead to sea levels rising higher than anticipated this century, according to documents lea...
Greenland and Antarctic glaciers in danger of breakup
Large glaciers along the Antarctic and Greenland coastlines are in danger of a “catastrophic breakup”, according to new research. University of...
Berserk captain ‘in second Antarctic bid’
The Norwegian captain of the ill-fated ‘Beserk’ expedition is being hunted by New Zealand authorities as he allegedly makes his second attempt to reac...
Britain beaten to the South Pole by Norwegians
In a repeat of a slice of history that happened nearly a century ago, a team of Norwegians has beaten a rival British crew to the South Pole. The late...