Thunderstorms are rare in the cold, dry Arctic, but a surprising event in August 2019 has scientists rethinking how these ...

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

A 2D representation of Earth, such as a chart or map, can mislead us when visualizing long international routes.

When Svalbard Airport, world’s northernmost destination for scheduled commercial flights, was built, no one expected the ...

It's a busy adventure season in northern Canada, with sledding expeditions on Ellesmere Island, the Northwest Passage, ...

A major disruption to the Arctic polar vortex has bumped the ring of wind that circles the North Pole off its perch and towards Europe, a new animation shows. The migration could trigger ...

This storm began over the Arctic ice sheet, moved toward the North Pole, crossed the Greenwich Meridian, and eventually dissipated in the Western Hemisphere. Remarkably, it came within just 44 ...

The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known ...

North to Nowhere is the funniest film about North Pole expeditions that you'll ever see. It shows a cast of zany characters, all striving to reach the Big Nail.

This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.