As conflict zones multiply globally, another frontier is quietly slipping into turmoil — the Arctic. Long seen as a realm of scientific cooperation and environmental protection, the polar north ...

Congress is once again floating the idea of using projected oil and gas revenues from leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to offset rising deficits. But new lease sales in the Refuge ...

The frozen frontier of the Arctic serves as a canary in the coal mines for the impending climate catastrophe. It also serves as the source of great geopolitical leverage as sea levels continue to ...

In anticipation of a peace deal, back-channels are flowing. Western investment in Russia’s Arctic resources would undermine China’s influence in the region You can save this article by ...

Arctic LNG 2, the processing and export facility that was billed as Russia’s flagship LNG project, has gradually resumed gas processing after months of hiatus, Reuters reported on Tuesday ...

The vast, desolate Arctic frontier, rich in untapped energy and mineral resources, has long been dominated by Russia with its massive icebreaking fleet and extensive infrastructure inherited from ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent visit to Iqaluit in Canada’s High North, supposedly about Arctic security, was nothing more than a carefully staged photo-op. Carney has spent his ...

Arctic sea ice has recorded its smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals. Provisional data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) shows ...

"The Arctic is changing faster than anywhere else on the planet, so the question we’re trying to ask here is: Is the Arctic going to change fast, or really fast?" NASA's most ambitious Arctic ...

The Arctic has long filled humans with awe, but there are now profoundly worrying signals coming from the frozen landscape at the top of our planet, and scientists are deeply concerned about its ...

2:20 Canada’s Arctic sovereignty and security ‘under challenge’: navy commander Canada’s spy agency warns that colliding global developments make the Arctic an “attractive, strategic and ...

The Arctic Ocean is Earth's northernmost body of water. It encircles the Arctic, and flows beneath it. Most of the Arctic Ocean is covered by ice throughout the year—although that is starting to ...