“From this moment forward, the only mission of the newly restored Department of War is this: Warfighting,” Secretary of War ...

NASSAU, Bahamas – Two Bahamians are literally sitting on top of the world and they took The Bahamas’ flag with them. NASSAU, Bahamas – Two Bahamians are literally sitting on top of the world and they ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — When the morning of April 7, 1909 dawned, Matthew Henson checked the temperature outside. It was 29 below zero. Later that day, Henson and the man he worked for, Robert Peary, would ...

After 61 days of traveling across Arctic ice on skis, Mike Horn and Borge Ousland have completed their unassisted trek to the North Pole. They're the first explorers to do so in winter, during ...

TORONTO -- Five explorers using huskies and wooden sleds reached the North Pole on Tuesday, setting a world record by coming in several hours earlier than a 37-day trek by American explorer Robert E.

Artist Tavares Strachan's first L.A. show blends his research into climatology, ocean science, aeronautics, chemistry, ...

During a race to the North Pole in 1909, The New York Times supported one explorer, while the rival New York Herald backed another. By David W. Dunlap Cook or Peary? No public issue was more divisive ...

It was perhaps the biggest news story of 1909. Or perhaps it’s better said that there were two competitors for the biggest news story of 1909, both of them seeking the same headline. Arctic explorer ...

The North Pole, geographically speaking, is the northernmost point on Earth. It marks the intersection of the Earth’s axis and the Earth’s surface. From there, every direction you turn would be south.