The Arctic is becoming the most critical geopolitical hotspot of the 21st century—and hardly anyone is talking about it. As ...

Nicknamed "top of the world", Pituffik isn’t just a harsh posting ... Yet this frozen fortress continues to serve as America’s Arctic eyes and ears — a throwback to the Cold War that ...

The amount of springtime sea ice in the Arctic set a record low this month, continuing a trend of shrinking ice at the top of the world, scientists announced this week. Specifically, March sea ice ...

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...