A potentially explosive political tussle is playing out on the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. And some fear the ...

Permafrost usually hits the news as a hazard; a planetary risk. When this ice-rich ground thaws, it damages roads and ...

Location, location, location: Greenland’s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world’s largest island a key part of security strategy. Increasing international tensions, global warming and the ...

Russia and China are challenging the American and allied presence in the Arctic by expanding military and commercial activity around the North Pole at a time when American military focus is on other ...

As the Arctic rises on the European agenda, with the European Union currently in the process of updating its Arctic policy, ...

In 2006, when the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, released the first-ever Arctic Report Card, scientists already knew the top of the world was in trouble. It’s now much ...

Just two companies bid on the land, raising questions about the Arctic's economic appeal.

The Arctic char, a red-pink bellied relative of trout and salmon, is a staple food source for millions of people living in the Arctic. But that dynamic is being embrangled by climate change, as the ...

From Arctic tundra and frozen lakes to towns where winter temperatures plunge below –60°C, these are the world’s coldest ...