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South Pole exploration pushes machines far past their limits. Metal freezes. Engines choke. Electronics falter. Yet teams keep sending new contraptions to test what works under pressure that turns most vehicles into statues. These machines, some experimental and some improvised, reveal how creative engineers get when trying to move across…

The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at the South Pole. In fact, the Antarctic is the only place on Earth where this bird lives.

Jonny Huntington, who suffered a stroke in 2014, has become the first disabled person to complete this challenge.

Jonny Huntington is attempting to become the first disabled athlete to traverse all 566 miles from the tip of Antarctica to the South Pole

Preet Chandi reached the South Pole in 2022 and now wants to be the first woman to travel solo and unsupported to the North Pole.

38-year-old Jonny Huntington is aiming to become the first disabled athlete to ski to the South Pole unassisted. Here's the kit he's using

Exploring high-speed data at the world’s coldest frontier, RUVDS aims for Antarctic breakthrough after North Pole test.

Jonny Huntington is aiming to become the first disabled athlete to traverse all 566 miles from the tip of Antarctica to the South Pole

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he trusts SpaceX, despite Elon Musk's increasingly controversial profile.