The polar region is the area around the North Pole and the South Pole. The Arctic in the north and Antarctica in the south.

For the past three decades, glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker has been investigating polar regions — the fastest changing areas on Earth. By studying the Arctic and Antarctic, she and other scientists ...

Antarctica, known as the South Pole, is the coldest, windiest and most remote of the seven continents. Its name comes from ...