In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago. Scientists say it's a symptom of ...

Epic ice and snowy adventure are highlights of Ponant's groundbreaking new winter expedition itineraries in Canada.

Arctic ice is renowned for its shimmering beauty, forming a colossal frozen cap that crowns our planet. Its reflective surface dances with light, resembling an enormous, natural mirror.

The frozen pack ice in the Arctic Ocean makes it one of the most ... Working out the ice's age is crucial to understanding how well the ice cap as a whole is faring. Any ice that's existed for ...

Volunteers from New Zealand to the United States are helping scientists document what will happen to coastal communities as climate change melts the polar ice caps and sea levels rise.

The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures ... The changes - if they happen - could unlock frozen deposits of methane which would further overheat the ...

Bedrock rises through the ice in places, making for summit vistas that extend uninterrupted across the polar ice cap for hundreds of miles ... Almost 70% of all the planet’s freshwater is frozen in ...

Scientists are worried about how fast climate change is melting the polar ice caps. From 1992 to 2022, the planet's frozen poles lost 7,560 billion tonnes in mass as ice melted. This loss of water ...

As we fly over the vast frozen ... understand the Arctic,” says Stephanie Pfirman, an oceanographer at Barnard College and Columbia University. “They think of it as an ice cap.

At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada ... tiny town on Hudson Bay's sea ice. After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk ...