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An increased amount of thick sea ice flowing south from the Arctic Ocean shortened the ice-free shipping season in several parts of the Northwest Passage between 2007 and 2021, according to an ...
As a follow-up to the Arctic treks he participated in back in 2015 and 2019, Mayer said his team is part of the GEOEO North of Greenland 2024 Expedition, which is set to become the first ship to ...
Here’s what makes the North Sea so treacherous. Videos of the North Sea’s large, eye-popping waves often go viral on TikTok—but people have been navigating these stormy waters for millennia.
China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia – in the latest sign of enhanced coordination between the two in a ...
Shipping lines’ willingness to use the Northern Sea Route is likely to be determined by geography, economics and geopolitics. Geography is the main point in favour, as the corridor is a far ...
An increased amount of thick sea ice flowing south from the Arctic Ocean shortened the ice-free shipping season in several parts of the Northwest Passage between 2007 and 2021, according to an ...
Sandwiched between Finland and Russia 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Kirkenes rests near the opening of the most viable polar shipping route linking China to Europe. As the sea ice retreats ...
The so-called Northern Sea Route could become the most efficient shipping route between Europe and Asia by 2050, the Canadian Department of National Defence said in a recent statement.
In the 2024 Arctic Report Card, released Dec. 10, we brought together 97 scientists from 11 countries, with expertise ranging from wildlife to wildfire and sea ice to snow, to report on the state ...
Scientists aboard a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker have discovered something unusual in the Arctic Ocean off northern Alaska: a volcano-like structure rising more than 500 meters from the seafloor ...
But where many see biblical disasters, some see opportunities. In “Arctic Passages” Kieran Mulvaney, a journalist, tells of how the vanishing ice cap at the North Pole could make the holy ...