As Erling Kagge relates in his thrilling book, The North Pole, the world’s northernmost point has been a lifelong and nearly fatal obsession Where is the North Pole? On one level, the answer is ...

The data showed that obesity and lack of physical exercise, along with smoking, are leading in some locations to actual drops in life expectancy (bottom maps). To use the map, click on a county to see ...

The term “polar vortex” usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region. It is a ...

I was an adult with kids of my own before I camped outside for the first time. But when the time came, thanks to a tent with ...

North Korea's defence ministry said on Saturday "military provocations" by the United States and its allies were becoming more "pronounced" under the current Trump administration, according to ...

A former Army physiotherapist has postponed the “insanely hard” challenge of becoming the first woman to travel solo and unsupported to the North Pole. Harpreet Chandi, who is nicknamed Polar ...

Chase Briscoe will start on the pole for the 67th annual Daytona 500. Briscoe posted the fastest time of 49.249 in Daytona 500 pole qualifying Wednesday night at Daytona International Speedway to ...

But scientists warn that the world's sea ice – the frozen ocean water at the North and South Poles – has plunged to a record low. Shocking maps reveal how both the poles are missing ...

It is a normal pattern that is stronger in the winter and keeps some of the coldest weather bottled up near the North Pole. But at times some of the vortex can break off or move south, bringing ...

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