The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.

These abandoned huts still hold the remains of an early 20th century Australian researcher's work.

Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.

The bodies of some early polar pioneers are still buried beneath the harsh snows of the Antarctic.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.

The largest piece of no man's land left on Earth.

Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.

This abandoned Antarctic base sits nearly unchanged since it was forsaken in the 1950s, just waiting for you to visit.

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.

One of the most extreme deserts in the world, these snow-free valleys harbor life, despite the hostile environment.

These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.

Southern Ocean waters and glacial forces transform the Antarctic ice into these stunning bridges and caves.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.

The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

Russian Orthodox church built on an Antarctic island.

Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.

The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.