The site where the geographic marker, sign and American flag are installed drifts about 30 feet per year due to ice flow. In order to keep the marker in close proximity to the point where all the ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — Stephen Parshley, a research support engineer in Cornell University’s astronomy department, has plans to leave his mark on the world. Literally. The plans are Parshley’s winning design ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Each January 1, scientists and staff at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station gather outside on the ice. This is not to celebrate ...

Brendan Fisher, left, and Troy Leighton pose at the South Pole with a sign Fisher made with steel from the Mackinac Bridge deck grating, listing the distance to the Mackinac Bridge from Antarctica.