As tensions rise to grab Arctic resources, the U.S. is racing to construct a new icebreaker vessel that can secure a foothold ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

A haze of ice crystals in the air created a halo around the low sun as three snowmobiles thundered onto the sea ice on a ...

ST. PAUL ISLAND, Alaska — This tiny island in the middle ... winds and raw marine air make it “as necessary to wear proper arctic clothing here as it would be in temperatures of 40°F below ...

Mercury (Hg) is a naturally occurring element found across the globe, yet it becomes highly toxic as it accumulates up the ...

The study, published in the journal Nature last week, looked at over 2,000 plant communities across the Canadian Arctic, Alaska, and Scandinavia over ... one of the study sites in the Yukon's Herschel ...

Marine Raiders and their units will eventually have to learn how to operate in the Arctic, but that’s not on the horizon in ...

In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter's day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group of researchers drill a hole through the ice and insert a hydrogen-powered ...

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...

Backyard Buoys, a project that has put real-time ocean data in the hands of Arctic whalers, will soon be making its way to ...

Mark Austin, the executive director of the Musk Ox Farm, poses for a photo at the facility in Palmer, Alaska, Saturday, May 10, 2025. Credit: AP/Mark Thiessen Their closest relatives to animals of ...