Escalating tensions in the Arctic over untapped resources and territorial claims raise concerns of potential conflict.

A new U.S. military manual defines the survival and tactical needs of fighting a war in the Arctic and extreme cold weather ...

A team of scientists and engineers will head to Greenland next month to test fly drones in the Arctic, in the hope of pioneering a new low-cost surveillance system that will transform monitoring ...

The National Snow and Ice Data Center said the peak measurement taken Saturday was 14.33 million square kilometers − about 80 ...

Every year, the Arctic freezes. The sea ice of the Arctic reaches its maximum extent every year in March, and then as the season changes to spring, it begins to melt to its minimum about six months ...

The Arctic is widely known as a strategic region. It is a unique geographical territory that connects Canada, the Kingdom of ...

To a layperson, it’s footage of adorable polar bear cubs with their moms against the backdrop of endless Arctic snow. For researchers who study the animals, however, it’s a rare and incredibly ...

The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level on record, researchers announced this week, an ominous signal about the effects of climate change in the world’s ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense ...

The VI International Arctic Forum (IAF) began Wednesday in the northern Russian city of Murmansk.

The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just 5.53 million square miles of sea ice covering the region at its peak on March 22 ...