The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures climb again, but over the last three decades, satellites have observed a 13% decline per decade in the summertime ...

In 2011, a ghostly depression, known as "the mitten," appeared on the surface of and ice sheet in Greenland after the ...

The crew was the first to receive the new medal, which was created last year for missions sailing under Arctic ice.

Second we need to prepare today for tomorrow’s threats. From making coastal infrastructure more resilient to ensuring our ...

“People don’t understand the Arctic,” says Stephanie Pfirman, an oceanographer at Barnard College and Columbia University. “They think of it as an ice cap. They think that it’s rigid and ...

Scientists have long sought to determine whether there is life beyond Earth and, if so, under what conditions it develops. It ...

YOKOHAMA--Japan’s first Arctic research vessel now under construction here will be capable of smashing through sea ice up to 1.2 meters thick to reach the northern polar region to study sea ...

The 80-plus guests were lying on the black sand beach, intermittently groaning, or taking a restorative dip in the water. We were on day four of our two- week Abercrombie & Kent Arctic Cruise ...

The Arctic looks like the surface of an icy moon ... crash up through the ice cap. Capt. Jeff Fischbeck told those of us gathered to witness this rare event two things: 1) if you feel the ice ...

The frozen pack ice in the Arctic Ocean makes it one of the most ... Working out the ice's age is crucial to understanding how well the ice cap as a whole is faring. Any ice that's existed for ...

Like polar bears, Arctic foxes face the looming reality of rising temperatures and melting ice as the Arctic quickly loses ground ... advocated for new laws that cap and rapidly reduce greenhouse gas ...