Antarctica

Day 2: Arriving at the Spectacular Antarctic

Secretary Clough lands on a barren continent intertwined with Smithsonian history, prepared to discover the research being done

G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution

January 22, 2010

Poles Apart

Carey Winfrey

April 2009

Vostok: Looking for Life Beneath an Antarctic Glacier

In what may be the world's largest lake ever seen by a human eye, the search begins

Richard Stone

June 30, 2000

The Long, Cold Journey of Ice Station SHEBA

Climate scientists go with the floe

Holly Menino

August 31, 1998

Pursuing Justice in the Arctic

Lawrence Millman

April 30, 1998