The U.S. built a covert Cold War base under a Greenland glacier. Its secrets are now being revealed.
What the visiting journalists weren’t told—nor were many of the soldiers living at the station, which could house up to ...
The strange reasons why people are more likely to die in the winter
World over, more people die in the winter than any other season. Scientists have investigated why for decades. They have some ...
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Forest Giant
This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... so they must be strong while frozen. Snow piles up around them; it weights their limbs while the temperature ...
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What the World Would Look Like if All the Ice Melted
8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... which falls as snow on East Antarctica. But even this behemoth is unlikely to survive a return ...
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The Mighty Microbes of Yellowstone
Editor’s Note: This story accompanies the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... use their massive heads to plow away deep snow. But along the Firehole River in the Upper Geyser ...