After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.

Pigmented algae are well adapted to grow on exposed ice in the Arctic as the snowline recedes, raising concerns of a feedback ...

Life along the west coast of Greenland, high above the Arctic Circle, continues much as it has for centuries, with the ...

Glacier-covered landscapes in the high Arctic A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that dark-pigmented ...

In the shadow of the Arctic Circle, Kirkenes offers more than meets the eye. This Norwegian town, perched on the edge of Europe, has witnessed the drama of war.

Arctic daily sea ice extent continued to hover near record daily lows in January, with the ice edge well northward of its long-term average position in most areas. In contrast to the cold conditions ...

Hurtigruten, Ponant, and Lindblad top our list of the best Alaskan cruises to book in 2024. Read more about where you'll go, ...

Arctic cyclones may be accelerating sea ice loss by breaking ice into smaller pieces and driving upwelling of warm water. A ...

T he world currently has less sea ice than ever before according to a new analysis, with both the Arctic and Antarctic ...

Breaking this figure down, Antarctic had 819,308 sq miles (2.12 million km) of sea ice, while Arctic had 5.26 million sq miles (13.64 million km). This breaks the previous five-day record low of 6 ...