South Georgia Island is isolated from the civilized world and trapped in the most cruel of climates, but it was destined for discovery. From its first recorded sightings more than 300 years ago ...

South Georgia Island is to the northwest of the South ... their shroud of fog thanks to their elevation and constant snow and ice fields. Vortices in clouds caused by the volcanoes of the South ...

This story appears in the December 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. South Georgia rises sheer and stark from the sea, a hundred-mile arc of dark Antarctic peaks, ice fields, and hanging ...

A reindeer and penguins sharing ground “A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia” is the title of the comprehensive new 200-page soft-back guide to the Island’s wildlife. The book ...

Sailors from HMS Argyll followed in the footsteps of Britain’s greatest polar explorer when they recreated Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary trek across the snow and ice of South Georgia ...

The Living Edens: South Georgia Island shows examples of organisms that ... krill, elephant seals, snow petrels, skuas, fur seals, squid, various insects, and grass. Have students research the ...

Well, according to the NWS, “The Wedge” is a high-pressure system near the Mid-Atlantic that funnels in cooler air and pushes ...

The Remarkables had too much snow.

Hundreds of skiers and boarders were left trapped at the top of the Remarkables skifield following forced road closures due to avalanche warnings and snow. The South Island field has had more than ...