For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

Seasonal sea ice forms and melts every year creating openings in the ice with open water where life can continue to thrive.

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

As Arctic sea ice melts, Russia is racing to control new trade routes, extract untapped resources, and cement its military ...

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

In a landmark moment for Indian climate leadership, 25-year-old Saanya Bhandari Jain has been selected as a Next Gen ...

In S2Ep21, we challenge the common belief that MH370 wasn’t found simply because the ocean is too big. Instead, we look at ...

The mineral-rich Arctic island is open for tourism. Locals want to show what makes Greenland unique beyond a recent ...

The head of Denmark’s Arctic command is not worried about the possibility of a U.S. takeover of Greenland, following discussions with a senior U.S. general last week.

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

India established its first research base in Antarctica, Dakshin Gangotri, way back in 1983-84, with Maitri and Bharati constructed later. In the Arctic, India’s scientific endeavours began in ...

This temperature was relatively warm—six degrees C above average. The winter had been the mildest in 75 years. The sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean was at its smallest extent on record.