Mar 30th, 2008 · A century ago, British Naval Officer Robert Falcon Scott sought to lead the first team to the South Pole. He lost the race by five weeks, but collected scientific data on the Antarctic climate that scientists still use today.
Mar 15th, 2008 · The vast, icy expanse of the South Pole has nurtured its own community. But what kind of people come for months at a time to live at the most difficult place on Earth?
Jan 23rd, 2008 · NPR's Danny Zwerdling is at the South Pole, reporting for the Climate Connections series. Michele Norris talks to Zwerdling about what the pole looks like, why scientists flock to the bottom of the Earth -- and just what it takes to stay warm in wind-chill temperatures nearing 50 degrees below zero.
Sep 10th, 2007 · Our SoundClips series continues with listener Jim Hetrick of Stockton, Calif. He shares recordings he made in 1982 at the South Pole, where he captured low-frequency radio waves created by lightning storms.
May 1st, 2007 · An invisible line running through the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, marks the prime meridian. This line, extending from the North Pole to the South Pole, will be a guide to NPR's yearlong Climate Connections series.
Jan 5th, 2007 · We talk with a scientist en route to the South Pole who is hoping to collect data about Earth's climate history. Also, a paleontologist talks about a 70-million-year-old baby plesiosaur out of Antarctica's permafrost. And we hear about a new telescope being built more than a mile below the surface of the ice.
Dec 19th, 2005 · Adventurer Norman Vaughn, the last surviving member of Admiral Richard Byrd's 1928 expedition to the South Pole, turns 100 years old Monday. Heart surgery and age hasn't deterred him from planning his next adventure, back to Antarctica.