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This article explores the similarities and differences between the North Pole (Arctic) and the South Pole (Antarctica). The Arctic is mostly icy ocean surrounded by land, while Antarctica is a continent covered in mountains. Both regions experience extremely cold temperatures and have dark winters and light summers. The Arctic is home to indigenous peoples and a variety of animals, including polar bears and Arctic terns. Antarctica is a desert and the coldest continent, with a diverse marine ecosystem and unique land animals like penguins and midges. [Extracted from the article]

The article features Antarctic explorer, campaigner and lecturer Robert Swan. He is known for being the first person to walk to the South and North Poles. Swan founded the 2041 Foundation to preserve Antarctica as a natural reserve for science and peace. He attributes his ability to walk to the poles to his experience of wearing shorts in Sedbergh School in Cumbria, England and working for the tree surgery company of his brother during the Dutch elm disease crisis in London, England.

The article discusses the environmental work of adventurer David de Rothschild, who is building a "bottle boat" that he plans to sail to the Eastern Garbage Patch. He is founder of the Adventure Ecology environmental group and he plans to document the trip on its web site. The process of designing and constructing the boat is discussed. His trip to Antarctica in 2004 is described as is a trip to the North Pole.

The article offers a variety of information about North and South Poles. The North Pole lies in Antarctic, while the South Poles is located at the bottom of Earth on the continent of Antarctica. South Pole is colder than the North Pole. No big animals can survive in South Pole, though seals, penguins and flying birds spend time on its coast. North and South Poles are frequented by scientists for research purposes.

The article reports that Prince Albert II of Monaco made a four day trip to the North Pole to draw attention to global warming. The prince stated he may also visit the South Pole in order to focus attention on environmental causes.

This article reports that observations collected from both North and South Poles show that the world's ice sheets and glaciers are disintegrating faster than anyone thought possible. In September we learned that the West Antarctic ice sheet is thinning following the collapse of the vast, floating Larsen B ice shelf in 2002. Add up the losses from all the major ice fields and there is enough melt-water pouring into the oceans to increase sea level by almost one millimetre per year. When a glacier's surface ice melts, for example, water first creeps down through cracks and crevasses, weakening the ice, then pools beneath the glacier and lubricates its flow. Scientists had also underestimated how important floating tongues and shelves of ice are in stabilising the glaciers that fed them — as the collapse of the Larsen B shelf in Antarctica has shown.

Presents information on the impact of global warming as of November 2004. Status of the glaciers in Antarctica; Perception on the discovery of blue mussels on a seabed from the North Pole.

On a remote Antarctic mountain top near the infamous Northern Pole of Inaccessibility, in bitter winds and icy temperatures comparable to those on Mars, a daring and perilous rescue mission has been successfully executed. The telescope, named Boomerang, was stranded in such a place. Boomerang was built to fly above Antarctica attached to a giant weather balloon, measuring the cosmic microwave background left over from the big bang, which provides us with vital information about the structure of space-time. But on its second flight, in January 2003, this was one boomerang that didn't come back. The balloon lost altitude and was blown off-course before crash-landing 3000 metres above sea level, nose-down in the snow.

Focuses on the possible melting of the Antarctic ice sheet. Vulnerability of Antarctica to global warming; Rise in global sea levels; Development of global climate model.

The article reports that Prince Albert II of Monaco made a four day trip to the North Pole to draw attention to global warming. The prince stated he may also visit the South Pole in order to focus attention on environmental causes.

Focuses on 14-year-old girl Lysee M.'s visits to the South Pole and North Pole with her father. Days spent at a base camp in Antarctica; Time it took to fly to the South Pole; Meeting with scientists and other visitors; Description of the snow in Antarctica.

Reports on one of Canada's best explorers, Bernard Voyer, mountaineer. First to cross the 1,000km route across the four ice caps of Ellesmere Island and the first Canadian to reach the North Magnetic Pole on skis; Highlights of his outdoor exploration which include a climb to the top of Mt. Everest and the climb to the summit of Mount Vinson in Antarctica.

The article presents information on the Pole to Pole 2000 Promise for Positive Action. The initiative will involve a group of twelve students carrying promises to be placed in the South Pole. The team will go on a trip in six continents for eight months starting on March 15, 1999 at the North Pole. The team will be divided into three groups which will travel to different places including Europe, Africa, and Asia. The teams will participate in community and environmental activities to encourage other youths to make their own promises. The teams will meet in Patriot Hills, Antarctica and will ski to the South Pole. The promises will be recovered by the end of the every year.

A list of favorite marathon destinations around the world is presented which include the North Pole, Antarctica, and the Atacama Desert in South America.