A polar vortex dipping down from Siberia is bringing a cold front with frigid temperatures to millions Americans. See maps of ...

It’s the "Bleak Midwinter" in the Northern Hemisphere – so, in case you’ve been living under a well-insulated rock, cold weather and snowfalls are hardly unexpected in many parts of the world. However ...

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...

The warming has weakened the belt of westerly winds around Antarctica, commonly referred to as the jet stream. This has ...

Any potential traveler to Antarctica who gets even the slightest bit queasy in rough waters views a sail to the White Continent with trepidation. The reason is the Drake Passage, the channel that ...

the 3.0-liter turbo-diesel engines had to be reworked to consume Jet A-1 fuel. In the low temperatures of the Antarctic, standard diesel would simply turn to jelly. The trucks were also outfitted ...