Robert Falcon Scott wrote in his journal on January 17, 1912, the day he reached the South Pole ... proved that both Scott and Amundsen had reached the pole. Bowers’ straightforward work ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) --Chilean President Gabriel Boric has become the first leader in the Americas to visit the South Pole, his government confirmed. Boric arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station ...

And yet the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is more than a state-owned life-support system in an extreme, icy environment, where temperatures plunge to around -65°C in winter. Built in 1956 at ...

That same month, the United States announced cuts to funding to operate its flagship South Pole station. While the United States retains the most important geopolitical spot in the region (the South ...

In addition to the effect of global warming, researchers link the rapid temperature increase in Patagonia to a large-scale change in atmospheric circulation, shifting subtropical high-pressure systems ...