In Frederik Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth's Sci-Fi classic, "The Space Merchants," governments have been replaced by powerful ...

a crew of private astronauts — or space tourists, depending on your perspective — report that the world's southernmost continent is indeed a vast expanse of snow and ice. "Hello, Antarctica ...

Crowds of tourists bound for Antarctica have brought prosperity to Argentina’s southernmost city, but the boom is also squeezing locals and stressing the environment. Crowds of tourists bound ...

Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These itty bitty critters... Here's how tourists are solving a plankton ...

For many travelers, Antarctica is a bucket-list destination, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to touch all seven continents. In 2023, a record-breaking 100,000 tourists made the trip. But the journey ...

Biosecurity policies may seem onerous and expensive – but they are working to prevent new species from pushing native species ...

However, a personal goal to reach the summit of the most difficult mountains or be one of the few to explore Antarctica is not comparable to a tourist purposefully entering conflict areas and ...

“We can’t do what many tourism companies do [to] conserve and maintain the area in which they operate,” says Warne, noting most organizations try to protect the region. “With Antarctica, we are ...