Antarctica
Fresh veggies will help keep astronauts—and Antarctic researchers—healthy, fed, and sane.
After century-long quest, photos reveal the explorer’s Endurance looks almost like it did the day it sank in ice 100 years ago off Antarctica.
But just because we can, does that mean we should?
The first man to reach the South Pole had sharp elbows and thought nothing about crossing friends and mentors. But no one disputed that he was a fearless and intrepid explorer.
The continent’s frozen vastness holds 80 percent of the globe’s fresh water. The faster climate change melts that water into the oceans, the nearer we edge to catastrophe.
From the next must-visit destination off the beaten path to one that may not be there much longer, our list of where to go in the year ahead.
How the famous explorer and his crew drank their way through their Prohibition-era adventure.