Russia and China have stepped up military activity in the Arctic, while NATO states in the region are reporting more acts of ...

Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested a small drone at ...

Polar bears have a built-in defense against ice — greasy fur. A team of scientists has discovered that their fur is coated in ...

Norwegian soldiers have embarked on the longest mid-winter training exercise in recent history, cutting all contact with the ...

In the early hours of May 12, 1926, the navigator of the Norge cried “Here we are!” The airship had reached the North Pole.

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease ...

Under the sea ice during the Arctic’s pitch-black polar night, cells power photosynthesis on the lowest light levels ever ...

When the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, it greatly reduced the threat of global nuclear war.

In 1865, in the wake of the Civil War, the U.S. began looking to expand its influence on the world stage. This happened at ...

Svalbard, a remote archipelago located in the Arctic Ocean, is a place of pristine beauty, icy landscapes, and fascinating ...

Carrying a rifle and keeping an alcohol-ration card are a few things that surprised me about living in Longyearbyen, the ...