Antarctic sea ice has recorded its third-smallest winter peak extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, new data reveals. Provisional data from the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC ...

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon. It occurs in regions near the Arctic and Antarctic circles. During summer, the sun remains visible for weeks or months. Norway, Alaska, and Finland are prime ...

For most people, the sun rises and sets within 24 hours. But in some parts of the world, the sun refuses to go down, sometimes for weeks at a time. This unusual phenomenon, known as the Midnight Sun, ...

Mail sent from here travels from one of the planet’s most extreme, windswept postal locations. The world’s only underwater ...

The UK is set for a frosty month as temperatures continue to plummet, and the latest weather maps suggest a snow and rain ...

Open-source ship-tracking data reviewed by Newsweek showed the Liberian-flagged ship, operated by Chinese-controlled ...

New advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way scientists explore and understand some of the most ...

The luxury small ship company that started nearly 20 years ago cruising the Amazon is expanding to other remote, exotic locales. Next up: a new ship in The Seychelles and Tanzania and then up north.

Microbes near the surface of the Southern Ocean sustain the polar food chain — impacting the nutrient flow from the surface ...

It was meant to be the ultimate Arctic explorer — 55 feet long, 37 tons of steel, and unstoppable across the ice. But when ...

For decades, researchers seeking to understand global climate change have analyzed ice cores drilled deep within the ...

The LC-130J is a necessary upgrade for an expanding theater of operations. Arctic logistical efforts require specialized equipment, including aircraft designed to operate successfully in harsh ...