The U.S. has pivoted policy to focus more northward. In 2018, it resuscitated the U.S. Navy's Second Fleet to counter Russia, including in the Arctic, closely linked with the establishment of NATO's ...

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy explained to Newsweek what he saw as the geopolitical significance of the high-stakes meeting being ...

After responding to two Chinese research vessels operating in the U.S. Arctic, the officials began monitoring three more ...

The first joint Russian-Chinese naval patrol in the Asia-Pacific region took place in 2021 and has been held annually since ...

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on August 15 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. The choice followed weeks of planning, limited venue ...

The Chinese icebreakers, which include a number of research-focused types, are being monitored by North American Aerospace ...

There used to be places to go to escape the heat on our summer vacations. Now, though, heat waves are infiltrating even the ...

The Arctic is a vast region surrounding the northern areas of the world. Often referred to as the Arctic Circle, it includes parts of Russia, Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland, and more. Aside ...

U.S. and Canadian fighter jets scrambled Tuesday to intercept Russian warplanes flying near the Bering Sea west of Alaska in an incident that lasted three hours, military officials said.

In January, American and Canadian fighter jets were scrambled after Russian warplanes were also spotted in the Arctic, NORAD said. The Russian warplanes remained in international airspace.

A Russian military surveillance plane flew through the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone on Wednesday, but posed no threat to U.S. security, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.

The findings are important because methane is over 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas. Arctic lakes are already major natural methane sources globally, but the ...