During the first part of the twentieth century, having mapped and visited nearly the whole Earth, explorers turned their attentions to the Poles. Inhospitable, dangerous, and difficult to reach, the North and South Poles represented one of the...

Coordinates: 90° N 0° W An Azimuthal projection showing the Arctic Ocean and the North Pole. North Pole Scenery The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as...

The United States and Canada have scoffed at a Russian submarine expedition that planted a Russian flag on the seabed under the North Pole. Coming home to a hero's welcome Tuesday, the famous polar scientist who led the risky voyage did not mince words in...

A Russian expedition aiming to claim vast swaths of the Arctic Ocean seabed reached the North Pole on Wednesday, and scientists immediately began preparing to send two mini-submarines under the ice to mark the sea floor with a Russian flag.The Rossiya atomic icebreaker plowed a...

The bone-numbing trek to the North Pole is riddled with enough perils to make a seasoned explorer quake: Frostbite threatens, polar bears loom and the ice is constantly shifting beneath frozen feet.But Barbara Hillary took it all in stride, completing the trek to the world's...

Two small Russian submarines completed a risky voyage deep below the North Pole Thursday, planting their country's flag in a titanium capsule on the Arctic Ocean floor to symbolically claim what could be vast energy reserves beneath the seabed.The subs dove some 2 1/2 miles...