It might have felt like a cold, wet February for those of us in the UK, but around the world last month was one of the hottest ever. According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, last month was the second hottest February on record with global average surface air temperatures hitting 13.36°C February was also 1.59°C above for 1850-1900, this …
CNN — You might think circling the globe by airplane is no big deal anymore. The one-time-only flight on Boeing’s new special performance 747 began in San Francisco, flew over the North Pole and stopped at its next destination: London. “It was truly an opportunity to do something that really hadn’t been done before,” said Baum, a former public information …
Polar explorer Eric Philips is only "one of a handful" of people to visit both poles every year. Calling Hobart home and basing himself in South Africa, Mr Philips takes adventure tours to Antarctica and the Canadian arctic which require a high level of fitness for both the guides and participants. After numerous trips to both poles and hiking in …
