A new media campaign highlights difference between walrus and elephant ivory
Revulsion over the devastating poaching of elephants in Africa has had an unintended victim, say Alaska Native groups: the legal and economically important trade...
Thaw-triggered landslides are a growing hazard in the warming North
The warming climate in Alaska and across the circumpolar North is creating new health and safety risks for people, animals and ecosystems. This piece...
A hybrid-electric luxury cruise ship has reached the North Pole for...
On Monday morning, the Ponant cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot arrived at the North Pole, only a few days after the ship sailed out of...
Volcano erupts near Iceland’s capital
COPENHAGEN — A volcano erupted near Iceland's capital Reykjavik on Friday, shooting lava high into the night sky after thousands of small earthquakes in...
Santa Claus sets off from the Arctic Circle on annual Christmas...
Santa Claus set off from the Arctic Circle — in this case, Rovaniemi, Finland, one of several places across the Arctic with a Christmas...
Ports without shore power will be losers in future cruise ship...
Stortinget, the Norwegian Parliament, has decided to instruct the government to work out a strategy on how to establish shore and charging power for...
Changes in the Arctic are driving more tourists to visit
When Fran Ulmer stood at on the ice at the North Pole in July, she was part of an emerging business trend — tours...
A search-and-rescue exercise simulates an Arctic cruise ship mishap
What do you do when 66 Arctic cruise passengers can’t return to their ship after a shore excursion in a small boat?
That was the...
