Several itineraries are available heading north or south out of Anchorage for travelers interested in riding the rails.

The Glacier Express calls itself the world's slowest express train, and it earns that description by spending eight hours crossing the Swiss Alps between Zermatt and St. Moritz through 291 bridges and ...

The Thwaites Glacier, one of Antarctica’s most unstable ice masses, is edging closer to a point of no return, according to scientists ...

For the past three decades, glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker has been investigating polar regions — the fastest changing ...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday sided with railroad giant BNSF Railway in a case filed by the estates of two Libby asbestos victims who died from cancer after living near the company’s contaminated ...

Known as a white elephant for its lack of practicality, the steamer still managed to get into its share of adventures in the late 19th century.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games ...

Explore a feat of engineering as the Glacier Express takes you through the Swiss Alps. The Glacier Express train in the Swiss Alps is an engineering marvel traveling over treacherous gorges and ...

They want to prevent the a-thaw-calypse. The looming demise of Antarctica’s notorious Thwaites Glacier, colloquially known as the Doomsday Glacier, could send seas rising to catastrophic heights.

While most of the world's glaciers are retreating as the climate warms, a small but significant population behaves very differently—and the consequences can be severe. A team of international ...

A group of engineers and scientists are planning to build a 50-mile underwater barrier around the melting “Doomsday glacier” in a bid to stop it collapsing into the ocean, triggering a disastrous rise ...

A large and fast-melting glacier in West Antarctica has sped up dramatically since 2017. This may be a sign that the floating ice shelf in front of it is no longer helping to hold back the ice. Pine ...