Ancient Greeks saw Olympus as a divine realm of Zeus and the gods, not a mountain. Its link to Mount Olympus emerged in later ...

When most of us look out at the ocean, we see a mostly flat blue surface stretching to the horizon. It's easy to imagine the ...

Climbing Mount Vinson in Antarctica, part of the world's Seven Summits, is a goal for the most intrepid adventurer.

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The highest place on Earth is not necessarily the one most people picture when they imagine standing closest to the stars.

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The pristine white snowpack blanketing the Rocky Mountains may look pure, but a new study reveals it carries an invisible ...

"The Last First" is not a story of unabashed glory like those previous climb-every-mountain documentaries. Here the glory is ...

Mountain regions around the world are heating up faster than the lands below them, triggering dramatic shifts in snow, rain, ...

This is the story of a seven-day spiritual odyssey, following ancient Buddhist links to the highest land on earth, from Dhaka to the shadow of Mount Everest.

The Himalayas Mountain Range stretches across South and Central Asia, forming the highest and most extensive mountain system ...

About 200 miles from Johannesburg, the Drakensberg region offers a breathtaking landscape of stark ridges and green valleys.