Canada’s Arctic is easier to explore than ever before thanks to a new highway, more cruise options, and fly-in hiking and ...

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

The Nanisivik Naval Facility was announced in 2007 by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a new docking and ...

To put these visitation statistics into context, National Park of American Samoa—the second-least visited—tallied 12,135 ...

Argentina’s Ushuaia and Chile’s Punta Arenas are the usual departure points for West Antarctic voyages, and to the relief of ...

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Arctic cyclones may be accelerating sea ice loss by breaking ice into smaller pieces and driving upwelling of warm water. A ...

For good weather and glorious scenery, late May to early September is the Arctic summer Credit: iiievgeniy/E+ Booking well in advance can secure early bird discounts. For example, Discover the ...

Giant cyclones of snow and ice are breaking up thin ice in the Arctic, leading to rapid ice loss events, and it’s happening more now than ever before. A scientist at OU described an unusually powerful ...

Sun is a natural phenomenon that occurs during the summer months in locations above the Arctic Circle or below the Antarctic Circle.