A pioneering mission in Norway's Svalbard archipelago involves taking fat tissue biopsies from polar bears to study the ...

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 ...

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

A large plot of private land in Norway’s Arctic Svalbard archipelago may soon be sold for about €300 million ($330 million), but the deal has raised concerns in Oslo over national security.

The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest ... But just 5.53 million square miles of ice had formed as of March 22 this year — the smallest maximum extent in ...

as well as Baffin Bay and the Canadian Arctic archipelago. However, in the Hudson Bay – where air temperatures were 1-5C above average – “no appreciable sea ice” formed, according to the NSIDC. The ...

The study focused on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago, Svalbard, at the edge of the Arctic Ocean. A team of scientists led by François Lapointe, a research associate at the University of ...

The predator bolted but soon slumped into the snowdrifts, its broad frame motionless beneath the Arctic sky. The dramatic pursuit formed part of a pioneering research mission in Norway's Svalbard ...

its broad frame motionless beneath the Arctic sky. The dramatic pursuit formed part of a pioneering research mission in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, where scientists, for the first time ...