Editor's note: This story was rebroadcast on Feb. 1, 2022. Find that audio here. About 200 miles north of Siberia, the 4-foot waves of the Barents Sea crashed into an expedition boat carrying author ...

CANBERRA, Australia — A helicopter rescued all 52 passengers from a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve after weather conditions finally cleared enough for the ...

In her new book, “Icebound,” the journalist Andrea Pitzer chronicles William Barents’s three attempts to find a mythical northeast passage to Asia. When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

CANBERRA, Australia --A helicopter rescued all 52 passengers from a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve after weather conditions finally cleared enough for the ...

The cold, hoary legacy of polar exploration depends on outsize characters—and good books. Some chronicle legendary survivors. Ernest Shackleton found fame in 1917 by bringing his crew safely back from ...

CANBERRA, Australia – The latest attempt to rescue passengers on board a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice for more than a week was delayed again Thursday after sea ice prevented a ...

In Brief Calamity's Icebound Season playtest is scheduled from December 19 to December 23, 2025, featuring a new 3v3 PvP Arena and a mobile version debut. Exclusive in-game items are available during ...

The Arctic has a magnetism in physics — and in history. Generations of explorers and adventurers have sought an arctic passage, and generations more have read in awe of their explorations and ...