As a travel writer, I’ve touched down on all seven continents. Yes, even Antarctica! With every expedition I go on, I never ...

Repeated volcanic eruptions have rocked southwestern Iceland since December 2023, and the island’s inhabitants are getting ...

Quark Expeditions has two magnificent Arctic cruises in August 2026 that will take in the total solar eclipse, true ...

A growing body of research shows the cascading health impacts of wildfire smoke, from cognitive decline to heart issues.

Thanks to all the geothermal activity, there are a whole lot of hot pots in Iceland (they don’t call it the Land of Fire and Ice for nothing!). I was super excited to hit as many hot springs as we ...

The most alarming case may be West Antarctica, where more than 100 active volcanoes lie buried beneath the ice. One glacier ...

Evidence of algae growth and climate simulations reveal the Arctic had seasonal ice, not a permanent ice shelf, for much of ...

East Antarctica is the largest ice sheet on Earth. Alone, it holds enough frozen water to raise global sea levels by a ...