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.

a potential Arctic shipping route that winds through Canada’s Arctic Archipelago. Ottawa considers the passage part of its internal waters, granting it control over navigation, while Washington ...

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 Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we’re trying to ask here is: Is the Arctic going to change fast, or really fast?" NASA's most ambitious Arctic ...

Since the 19th century, Canadian governments have laid dubious claims to the frozen lands and icy waterways that make up the Arctic Archipelago — including the Northwest Passage, a contested ...

The maritime route weaves through Canada’s Arctic Archipelago, stretching from north of Baffin Island right up until the Beaufort Sea, next to the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the longest coast ...

2:20 Canada’s Arctic sovereignty and security ‘under challenge’: navy commander Canada’s spy agency warns that colliding global developments make the Arctic an “attractive, strategic and ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago high above the Arctic Circle — isolated and far away. It’s home to a vault that aims to be the ...

The Arctic Ocean is Earth's northernmost body of water. It encircles the Arctic, and flows beneath it. Most of the Arctic Ocean is covered by ice throughout the year—although that is starting to ...

Northwest Passage (NWP) The Northwest Passage (NWP) through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago offers a shorter route between Asia and the east coast of North America. However, it remains more ...

The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren’t one of the 4 million people who live there. Yet, the changes underway in the Arctic as temperatures rise can ...

Foreboding environmental milestones abounded again this year in the Arctic, where experts say dramatic climate shifts are fundamentally altering the ecosystem and how it operates. One recent ...