BOSTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Dr. Jerri Nielsen, who diagnosed herself with breast cancer while serving at a remote outpost in Antarctica, died this week at the age of 57.
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- South Korean researchers exploring the Antarctic have discovered five meteorites, the Korea Polar Research Institute said.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- An Indian Navy team has become the first defense unit to ski to the South Pole, after finishing a five-week trek.
LONDON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- British Royal Navy officer Polly Hatchard celebrated her recent visit to the South Pole by stripping down to a bikini in the freezing cold for a photograph.
LONDON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A team of British military personnel has become the first service members to visit the South Pole in nearly 100 years.
OSLO, Norway, April 25 (UPI) -- Cecile Skog, a 31-year-old Norwegian, has become the world's first woman to reach the North Pole on skis, adding to her list of record-setting accomplishments.
SEOUL, May 1 (UPI) -- A South Korean mountaineer has reached the North Pole, becoming the first person to achieve the so-called grand slam of mountaineering.
LONDON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A British woman has set a new world record for making the fastest unaided trek to the South Pole, the Times of London reported Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian rescue planes are flying to Chile to be ready to evacuate a seriously ill member of the scientific team at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Scientists reported Thursday they have discovered water ice on the surface of Mars near the planet's south pole.
