For decades, there was a ceiling not of glass but of ice, for women in science - the continent of Antarctica. The heroic tradition of polar exploration conducted solely by men meant that ...
The challenges of reaching such unforgiving destinations stirred excitement in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with ...
On this day in 1902, the Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a Farthest South at 82°17′S in Antarctica. The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the ...