A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently ...
Scientists aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker have discovered something unusual in the Arctic Ocean off northern Alaska: a ...
We, Alaskan Indigenous peoples who have lived along the Arctic Ocean coast of Alaska since time immemorial, respectfully ask ...
The icebreakers will be designed to navigate harsh Arctic conditions, facilitating year-round navigation through the Northern ...
As glaciers retreat, the Arctic is rapidly evolving into a major global trade route, with ship traffic increasing by 37 ...
On October 31, the Russian Geographical Society reported the complete disappearance of Mesechev Island, an ice formation with an area of 53 hectares, from the Franz Josef Land archipelago in the ...
The sun had yet to rise over Iceland as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown boarded a Navy submarine-hunting ...
The China Coast Guard cutters Meishan and Xiushan slipped into port on Oct. 17, ending a dramatic 35-day deployment that ...
However, an apparent shift occurred in 2016 from generally higher than average ice cover to lower-than-average extent. Since 2016, there have been several record lows, including an extreme record low ...
Today, in 2024, a different group of adventurers will pioneer another new idea for Arctic exploration. They will not travel by ship, skis, sled, or plane - instead, they’ll travel by spacecraft.
There are about 2,000 seeps at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, and many more on polar islands. Their explosions can be ...