Everything Gets Worse: An Unforgiving Land Mankind’s proclivity to risk-taking in the quest for adventure is hardly more evident than on the Frozen Continent.  Since the continent’s discovery in 1820, explorers and researchers have been brought down by its harsh winter season, a six-month stretch from March to September. The land’s brutal climate and fickle…

Welcome to the “Ice.” “Ice” is the international nickname for Antarctica, an alien world containing 90 percent of the planet’s ice. Ninety-eight percent of the continent is ice, yet it boasts the world’s largest desert. It is one and one-half times the size of the United States—one of twenty countries with research stations there. The…