Spanish adventure athlete Antonio de la Rosa attempted to row alone through the roughest seas on the planet to Antarctica. Very little went according to plan.
Not only is Deception Island littered with lore and history, it's also one of the only places on the planet where ships can sail directly into the centre of a submerged caldera.
The celebrated writer reflects on how this once-in-a-lifetime experiment of global stillness can teach us to see the world with new eyes.
While Covid-19 might be a major concern for the Antarctic tourist industry, it could be good news for the region itself.
A rugged land of glaciers, mountains and fjords, South Georgia is one of the remotest places on Earth.
The base, established during a secret World War Two mission, celebrates its 80th anniversary.
Natalie Corbett moves from Hill Brow to Antarctica for five months to spend time with a penguin colony.
The legendary explorer's Polar Medal has been valued at roughly £1.76m.
The British Antarctic Survey hope the new technology will change what we know about global warming.
Rebecca Openshaw-Rowe and Georgina Gilbert - the Antarctic Fire Angels - did the trek in 52 days.
Emily Broadwell will spend seven weeks in an ex-whaling station studying algae growth.
Forty years after receiving an anonymous tip, one man has been working to rewrite Black history to show where and how the first Africans arrived in the British Colonies.
Coastal towns across southern India still reveal how medieval travellers once used the power of language to further trade and forge deep connections.
One of the great 20th-Century novelists, Morrison consciously aimed her work at black American readers. In a 2003 interview, she told the BBC about why that made her writing sing.
The Western world was once obsessed with these macabre memorials.
From dragon-like animals to Chinese tornados and Viking raids, here are the real-life phenomena linked to an ancient myth.
The Armenian alphabet is not just a writing system: it's also a numerical system used for mathematical calculations and recording calendar dates, as well as a national point of pride.
From supernatural capes to sleeping caps, asbestos fibres once had a wide range of bizarre uses.
In an exclusive clip from the BBC Archive, watch Nelson Mandela speak about his historic release from prison, a watershed moment for South Africa in its transition to democracy.
Shrovetide football consumes the town of Ashbourne on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday, when the normal rules of society are suspended and the town cheerfully turns to anarchy.