The United States needs to develop a comprehensive strategy for the Arctic. Melting sea ice is generating an emerging Arctic economy. Nations bordering the Arctic are drilling for oil and gas ...

The show of force between the United States and Russia continued to heat up as they conducted power projections in the air and on land around the freezing Arctic region. The series of military ...

The Arctic is not the most hospitable place on Earth. Some Arctic animals like reindeer have several genetic adaptations to help them thrive there, and one of the region’s top predators is no ...

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 between the two in a ...

Recognizing the Arctic's strategic importance, the U.S. military has focused on growing its cold-weather operational capabilities in the region over the last decade. The U.S. Marine Corps, through ...

It is an odd place. Way above the Arctic Circle—a mere 814 miles from the North Pole—Longyearbyen, in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, is home to only 2,400 people but more than 1.3 million seeds.

“The Arctic is really strategic territory,” Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, told local media after the incident. Sullivan was not impressed by the U.S. Coast Guard’s response. “We need the ...

Since July, China has sent three icebreakers to the Arctic region. China increased its Arctic presence immediately after a U.S. Coast Guard cutter caught fire and had to cut short its Arctic mission.

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In recent years, the Arctic has become a magnet for climate change anxiety, with scientists nervously monitoring the Greenland ice sheet for signs of melting and fretting over rampant ...

Temperatures will climb back towards average as warm air pushes the Arctic front back going into the weekend (Met Office) Earlier in the week on Wednesday, wet, windy and cold weather will prevail ...

The west has pushed back militarily against Russia's Arctic ambitions as well. Within days of the beginning of Moscow's war against Ukraine in February 2022, the seven western members of the ...