Three years after its marathon voyage across the Central Arctic Ocean ... ice coverage in the Arctic shrinks in spring and summer and reaches a minimum in mid-September. This year, it’s on track ...

St. Lawrence Island is situated west ... resulting in a decrease of sea ice in the area. The Chinese coast guard claimed that the entry into the Arctic Ocean "has significantly expanded" its ...

On Ellesmere Island in the Arctic ... The new study reveals that the Arctic seismology station was picking up tiny vibrations from ocean waves crashing into the shore miles away—indirectly tracking ...

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to ...

Killer whales, also known as orcas, have officially made the Arctic Ocean their home — something that was nearly impossible until now. Historically, thick ice sheets blocked the whales from ...

Last month, less sea ice covered the Arctic Ocean than in any other July since scientists began keeping track of it with satellites ... Villages like Shishmaref, on an island in the shallow ...

The Arctic Ocean could ... The loss of sea ice in summer would also mean changes in atmospheric circulation and storm tracks, and fundamental shifts in ocean biological activity.

“It is very likely that in the future, the Arctic Ocean is going to be another Atlantic or Pacific. There’s debate, but some Earth system models predict that over the next several decades, there will ...

In this photo, taken in 2018 in the Central Arctic Ocean, I’ve just drilled a core through the sea ice using a hand-held electric drill. From such samples, which I collect in a container and ...

On the night of March 23, a specially-equipped F-150 pickup plowed across the frozen Arctic Ocean in ... on "fairly thin ice," but they managed to carefully drive onto an island that is part ...

The B-29 turned north toward the Arctic, passing over land and then sea ice ... the island had moved, the truth was revealed. T-1 was a massive iceberg, flat and floating in the Arctic Ocean ...

The vessel was sighted around 440 miles southwest of St. Lawrence Island in ... decrease of sea ice in the area. The Chinese coast guard claimed that the entry into the Arctic Ocean "has ...