Due to global warming, the North Atlantic Oscillation, an atmospheric circulation pattern that strongly influences European ...

MIDDLETOWN ‑ The USNS Arctic, a fast combat support ship, returned to Naval Weapon Stations Earle on Monday after eight months at sea with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group 8, which saw ...

Russia’s Arctic Bet: Can Asia Deliver on NSR Ambitions? Moscow sees China, India, and other Asian powers as critical for the future of the Northern Sea Route, but their involvement remains limited.

But that’s not to say humans haven’t tried. People have failed to live on the Arctic isle for centuries, with the last settlement occurring in 1951. Ancient Inuit settlements sit alongside a ...

The Kremlin is expanding its military presence in the Arctic and preparing a foothold for resource-driven expansion, according to Andrii Cherniak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate ...

The researchers found the mastodon bones and teeth were all older than 50,000 years old. That means mastodons probably lived in northern Alaska and Yukon during a brief time when temperatures were ...

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja were visiting the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the ...

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking a milestone in the effort to rebuild U.S. defenses in the Arctic Region.

The vessel, USCGC Storis, will expand U.S. presence in the Arctic, the Coast Guard said on Wednesday, adding that the nation's third polar icebreaker will support national security. Why It Matters ...

All too often, Canada has been happy to assert Arctic sovereignty on the cheap. But the bill for our historical stinginess has come due, and Ottawa should pay it as smartly and as quickly as ...