The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.

George Kittle rocked a rather interesting look on Thursday while on vacation with his wife. The San Francisco 49ers star, who is somewhere on the North Pole, apparently, chose to wear a very ...

A major disruption to the Arctic polar vortex has bumped the ring of wind that circles the North Pole off its perch and towards Europe, a new animation shows.

Eric Larsen, one of the world's leading polar explorers, was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer at age 49. He says that heading back out to the North Pole felt like the right thing to do after ...

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Not too long ago I was the guide on a wildlife-photography trip to Svalbard, an archipelago halfway between Norway ...

Polar bears aren't actually white. Their color is determined by the lighting and climate of their surroundings. Following is a transcript of the video. Polar bears aren't actually white.Turns out ...

Polar habitats are often cold, windy and covered in frozen snow and ice. At the top of the Earth is the North Pole, and at the bottom of the Earth is the South Pole. We are here. But have you ever ...

Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was instantly recognizable. The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around ...