The moment I’d been dreading for days had arrived: it was time to do a polar plunge in Antarctica. I waffled on whether I’d join the plunge during our 11-night itinerary. I’ve struggled with ...

Modern Antarctica is a frozen desert ... However, they still had to contend with the polar night. Researchers suggest that the large conifers that dominated this ancient forest entered periods ...

In Antarctica there are regions where the climate ... The region is characterized by having four months of polar night and four months of day, in which temperatures can reach tens of degrees ...

but that's the reality for locations north of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles. During these times, it's referred to as a polar night. The opposite, polar day, occurs when there is 24-hour daylight.

After the storms, a brilliant star-filled night sky appeared ... The veteran polar reporter accompanied the 45th and 51st Japanese Antarctic expeditions and has been to the Arctic seven times.

Take a chance and visit the polar regions. Caught between icy snow caps and ... Some also have camping packages, allowing you to camp under the Antarctic skies for a night. There are also some camps ...

One of the most unique experiences of living in Antarctica, while filming BBC Dynasties’ Emperor Penguins episode, was the polar night. This is when the sun doesn’t rise above the horizon for ...

Various categories of ship make the journey to Antarctica, but most are expedition vessels ideally suited to the challenging conditions of the polar regions ... offers a 14-night itinerary ...

The new polar house will be used for the first time by the participants of the 70th Russian Antarctic expedition of the Institute of Arctic and Antarctic Studies,” the document mentioned.

Antarctica also has sea ice, cold temperatures and seals. So why aren't there polar bears on the southernmost continent? The answer has to do with the evolution and geological history of the Earth.