The North Pole, often a subject of fascination, lies at the very top of our planet, but its exact location can be difficult to pinpoint on a standard map. Geographically, it is located over the Arctic ...

The Arctic Ocean has always been a region that’s fascinated University of Delaware doctoral student Tianyu Zhou. While most of humanity lives in the world’s temperate zone, the polar ocean seems like ...

They come up every two years and they run arctic drills throughout the area,” he said, adding that the temperature was negative 18 degrees. “We have come here to see how they operate.

Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia – in the latest sign of enhanced coordination ...

Sea ice melt ponds absorb more solar energy than bare ice or snow but far less than open ocean, which complicates the story of summer sea ice melt. But in the past, scientists lacked the tools to ...

The Trump administration is eying the possibility of oil leasing in Arctic Ocean areas more than 200 miles from shore, an area where U.S. territorial rights are unclear.

From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ice ages. Now, a new study published in Science Advances challenges this ...

Despite the time, Lapland’s famous midnight sun was still up. During the summer months the sun doesn’t go down at all in Utsjoki, which is less than 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the Arctic Ocean.