Planes crossing the top of the world have become so normal that most people barely notice them anymore. Even so, hardly any scheduled commercial planes go anywhere near Antarctica. The reasons are ...

Every day, approximately 100,000 planes take off and land at airports around the world, but none of those flights pass over Antarctica. An oft-cited reason for this absence is a lack of demand. The ...

When tracking a long-haul flight on a map, it is common to see aircraft flying far north, sometimes appearing to pass close to the North Pole. Routes between North America,Europe, and Asia routinely ...