A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of ...

In 2017, Mount Hope was reclassified as the highest point in British Antarctic Survey territory at 10,654ft?satellite data revealed it had been underestimated by almost 1,000 feet. Flying over the ...

A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world's highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide.. Kenton Cool, 51 ...

The Antarctic summer runs from November through March, when the sun shines 24-hours per day and temperatures hover around 12°F to 30°F (to -1°C ) – ideal conditions to climb Mount Vinson. Mt.

The British Antarctic Survey is looking for tradesmen, including electricians, plumbers and carpenters to join their team working at stations in the world's southern most continent ...

At 4,892 meters, Mount Vinson is Antarctica's tallest mountain, situated in the heart of the continent’s icy wilderness. Known for its freezing temperatures that can drop to -40°C and its harsh ...

Peterborough-based DiPerk Power Solutions has supplied Perkins engines to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) as a spares package to support ongoing operation for their new Discovery Building – a ...

After a successful expedition to Mt. Vinson in Antarctica to close out 2024, elite mountain guiding company Madison Mountaineering returned to the ice to kick-off 2025 with another expedition team.

On December 3, he became the youngest Indian to summit Mount Vinson, Antarctica’s highest peak at 16,050 feet, as part of a Boots and Crampons-Elite Exped team led by renowned British ...

The Antarctic summer runs from late November through March, when the sun burns 24-hours per day and temperatures hover around -20°C (-29°F). This period opens climbing season on Mt.

The Antarctic Place Names Committee of the U.S. Geological Survey accepted the proposal. The discovery of the Vinson Massif ...