While polar bears are a big tourist draw, the Arctic has a wealth of wildlife to observe and terrains to explore ...

The sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is an important climate indikator, in particular the summer ice. The September sea ice extent ...

New regulations present challenges to wildlife viewing in Svalbard, but they haven’t sent tourism into a deep freeze, says ...

This journey chronicles a rare winter sailing route to Iceland, navigating ice-prone waters, severe storms, and limited ...

With ice floes closing in and temperatures dropping, this leg of the journey tests both equipment and experience. The ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Different governments have taken different approaches to this competition. Norway is trying to replace immigrants with the ...

A natural remedy that has previously helped counter oil spills will be too slow to "do any useful work" if there's a spill in ...

A cultural burn in Fort Yukon, Alaska in May 2024. The wildland fire community, along with governments, policy makers, and ...

It is in no one’s interest to militarise the Arctic but thanks to something of an arms race heating up between the US, Russia and China, that is precisely what looks to be happening.

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the ...