South Pole's ozone hole shrinks to smallest since discovery in 'fluke of the weather'
The ozone hole near the south pole this year is the smallest since it was discovered, but it is more due to freakish Antarctic weather than efforts to cut down on pollution, NASA reported . This fall, the average hole in Earth's protective ozone layer ...
Adventurer Yasunaga Ogita reaches South Pole on solo trek
Hokkaido-based adventurer Yasunaga Ogita reached the South Pole Friday on a solo trek after walking 1,126 km without backup supplies or the use of motorized assistance, becoming the first Japanese to achieve a feat of this kind. On Saturday morning, supporters and staff were gathered ...
Adventurer Yasunaga Ogita begins solo trek to South Pole without resupplies
A veteran Japanese explorer starts a solo quest to get to the South Pole without resupplying.
Veteran Japanese adventurer plans unassisted solo trek to South Pole
A 40-year-old Japanese adventurer will embark on an unassisted solo trek in mid-November journeying approximately 1,130 km across Antarctica to the South Pole. If successful, Yasunaga Ogita will become the first Japanese to accomplish such a feat. He plans to pull a 100-kg sleigh loaded ...
South Pole rescue flight of two sick U.S. workers arrives in Chile
antiago A small plane with two sick U.S. workers arrived safely in Chile late Wednesday after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station, officials said. After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the ...
Small plane braves dark, cold to reach U.S. South Pole base on medevac mission
After flying through dangerous dark and cold, a rescue plane landed Tuesday at the South Pole to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science station, federal officials said. The plane arrived at the South Pole after a daring 1,500-mile, nine-hour trip from a ...
