Some Arctic research will continue in Canada, thanks to local partnerships
For some researchers who work in the Arctic, the COVID-19 pandemic ended their upcoming field season before it began, but for others, it’s going...
Putin backs state of emergency in Norilsk after a major fuel...
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a state of emergency in the Arctic city of Norilsk on Wednesday after a huge leak of...
A bacterium common to farm animals is threatening the Arctic’s muskoxen
Muskoxen, shaggy-haired Arctic survivors of the Pleistocene era, have faced a lot of challenges since the end of the last Ice Age.Now there is...
A Canadian museum is looking for volunteers to help build an...
Do you have some time on your hands, a computer and internet connection, and a desire to help improve the world’s understanding of Arctic...
Nome’s port expansion plan wins official Corps of Engineers approval
The plan to expand Nome, Alaska’s port into a larger deepwater facility to service Arctic-traveling vessels won approval on Friday from the U.S. Army...
Climate change is challenging Nunavut’s thick-billed murres
Climate change in Canada's eastern Arctic has already altered the travel, diet and safety of some of the most numerous birds in the circumpolar...
Russia’s FSB sees a threat from foreign Arctic researchers and Indigenous...
The head of Russia's Border Guard Service, a branch of the federal security service FSB, says that foreign researchers and Indigenous peoples activists operating...
Arctic fossils suggest dinosaurs migrated across the Bering Land Bridge
A new look at a Cretaceous dinosaur discovered in Arctic Alaska casts doubt on whether it should be classified as a separate species and...
Russia’s ‘doomsday drone’ prepares for testing
One year after a fatal accident with a nuclear-powered missile in the White Sea, Russia's weapon designers say a test launch of the Poseidon...
MOSAiC expedition relief ships arrive in Svalbard to await the Polarstern
Scientists and researchers from around the world spent five years planning the $155 million MOSAiC expedition during which the Polarstern research vessel would drift enclosed...
