The Arctic Circle has shifted from storing carbon to becoming a source of it as permafrost melts and wildfires occur more frequently. A new study has produced the first map of coastal communities and ...

Severe weather conditions, shown on a new map, are set to engulf much of North America ahead of Christmas Day, causing temperatures to drop significantly. Weather Network meteorologist Erin Wenckstern ...

A wildfire burning near the Arctic Circle turnout on Alaska’s Dalton Highway has prompted the evacuation and closure of a nearby campground. The wildfire is burning on the west side of the highway, ...

This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago high above the Arctic Circle — isolated and far away. It’s home to a vault that aims to be the ultimate backup ...

Traveling north of the Arctic Circle in the dead of winter may not be on everyone’s bucket list, but perhaps it should be. Imagine carving the first tracks down a mountain, uninterrupted views ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The archival material in this collection accompanied a donation to NMAI by Bert and Ellen Witt in 2001 that included sculptures, drawings, prints ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Growing up in Canada, I always considered the Arctic part of my ...