Mal is five years old and now fully grown, weighing in at 13 stone (82 kg). He is strikingly similar in size to a Shetland ...

But spending time on the ice with people who rely on it for their way of life provides a different perspective.

Ancient microbes frozen in Arctic permafrost are waking up as the Earth warms, releasing gases that could speed up climate ...

A line of pink lingers above the horizon, the April sun offering a welcome dose of brightness after the months-long polar ...

One of these notable workhouse ice-breaking tugs built to serve the port of Manitowoc was Arctic. Launched at the Rand & Burger Shipyard in Manitowoc in 1881 for the Goodrich Transportation company, ...

Arctic lodges offer a mix of frontier landscapes and fire-lit comfort that feels both adventurous and surprisingly accessible ...

The hardy Arctic fox spends its winters hunting alone across the frigid landscape. But these little foxes mate for life, and when spring arrives, it’s time to go home and reunite with their mate. A ...

A polar bear stands on an ice floe near the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard in June 2008. (AP Photo/Romas Dabrukas, File) (CN) — As record heat baked the Arctic for the third summer in a row, ...

As soon as I finished reading "This Cold Heaven," Gretel Ehrlich's gripping account of Arctic culture, I flipped straight back to the opening page and began again. I wouldn't let the book end. I ...

Yarber currently works as a bartender and bar manager and makes about $26 an hour for an annual income of about $46,000. It's ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra Jahn, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) As I walked out onto ...