Talk about a cool job. Food for two of the three U.S. research bases located in the frozen tundra of Antarctica is procured by Elgin-based St. Charles Trading Inc., which obtains enough to feed more ...

A trip to Antarctica might feel less like crossing the ocean and more like crossing the galaxy, but what happens there impacts the world well beyond the coast — influencing weather patterns and food ...

Although the weather here in the Chicago area gets cold, it is nothing like freezing temperatures in remote Antarctica. The average temperature of the interior is about -71 degrees Fahrenheit. An ...

Imagine taking a fine single malt and letting it rest in the harshest cold on the planet. Not just a quick chill over ice, ...

At the continent’s Vostok Station, less than 1,000 miles from the South Pole, Russian researchers were able to grow eight watermelons in conditions not well suited to the summertime snack, The ...

Only a few years ago, Antarctica seemed as remote and forbidding as the moon. Since 1957, however, lights have burned year round across the silent white desert that surrounds the South Pole. As new ...