A new cold war is taking shape at the top of the world The post China Stakes Claim in the North, Redefines Arctic Politics ...

In May 1845, one of England’s most storied naval officers, Sir John Franklin, launched an expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Once thought to be ice-free, the legendary North Pole ...

The port of Ōpua is about as far away from the freezing wastes of the North Pole as you could possibly get, but the two have ...

Mark Synnott, an accomplished mountaineer and writer, decided it was a good time to refit his sailboat, the Polar Sun, and navigate the Northwest Passage—the icy arctic waterway that connects ...

By early May, the high sun can make calm Arctic days mild or even hot. We update expeditions on Ellesmere Island, the ...

ANCHORAGE -- A ski-wheeled Air Force C-47 has made the first landing in history at the geographic North Pole. The landing was made Saturday after a 135-mile flight from T-3, a floating ice island ...

The Earth’s magnetic north pole is shifting rapidly – so what will happen to the northern lights? As the Earth's magnetic north pole heads towards Siberia, concerns have been raised that the ...