If a cruise to Antarctica is on a traveler’s bucket list, they’ll likely need to cross the notoriously treacherous Drake Passage first.

The first solar eclipse of the year is almost here, but very few people will see it. Tuesday’s annular solar eclipse, known as a “ring of fire,” will only be visible in Antarctica.

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological ...