On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole. One hundred years later, the Pole is still an important location for science.
Published Dec 14, 2011A NASA satellite captures one of its first clear views of the Arctic sea ice cap.
Published Oct 2, 2000In spring 2014, fires left burn scars in North Korea’s Kangwon Province.
Published May 12, 2014A new composite image built from 15 satellite passes shows the Arctic and northern latitudes as you have never seen them before.
Published Jun 22, 2012In April 2014, the Aqua satellite observed dozens of fires burning in mountainous parts of the country.
Published May 2, 2014Arctic sea ice reaches its maximum extent in mid-March, around the time of the Vernal Equinox. After the Equinox, sunlight shines at the North Pole constantly until fall, and the sea ice will gradually decline.
Published Mar 21, 2009The Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite captured these natural-color views of snow cover, melting, and developing floods around Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn. in spring 2011.
Published Apr 9, 2011