Buried several miles beneath East Antarctica's ice, Lake Vostok is one of the largest freshwater lakes on Earth, rivaling ...

Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali ...

Moltzan snagged bronze by one hundredth over Thea Louise Stjernesund of Norway combining times from two runs. Moltzan, a 30-year-old who has spent summers as a whitewater rafting guide, extended the U ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

The Explorers Club recognizes SETI Institute Senior Research Scientist Dr. Dale Andersen with its Finn Ronne Memorial Award.

Eva Steinwald is training to climb Mount Everest this spring. If she makes it to the top, Steinwald will become the oldest American woman to summit Mount Everest and she will also have completed the ...

Even though the Santa Barbara native never saw herself putting down roots in Virginia, she stayed put and spent the 2014 harvest at Early Mountain ... the highest functioning group of people ...

The higher he climbs, the less he thinks about daily life, says Novo Nordisk’s Cem Ozenc. There’s no time when the mental and ...

Belarusian mountaneers Konstantin and Anastasia Lapko have climbed the highest volcano on the planet: Ojos del Salado. On February 6th, ...

Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...