A scientific expedition this fall will map the unexplored Arctic seafloor where the U.S. and Canada may have sovereign rights over natural resources such as oil and gas and control over activities ...

Scientists have released the most detailed polar region terrain maps ever created. Credit: Polar Geospatial Center/University of Minnesota/Maxar/ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency A team of ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) cuts a channel through the multi-year pack ice and snow as Healy transits the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole, September 27, 2022. This is the third time the ...

image: With four more years of satellite imagery data, researchers in the Polar Geospatial Center at the University of Minnesota and their partners have now released the most detailed polar region ...

A disruption in the polar vortex centered over the North Pole will allow for areas of bitterly cold air to escape the Arctic region and move into the U.S. Under stable conditions, arctic air usually ...

The Pentagon on Monday announced a new strategy to build up its presence in the Arctic region, which is becoming more contested militarily as climate change drives the melting of sea ice and opens up ...

"America’s Newsroom" co-anchor Bill Hemmer made a journey few get to experience last week, embedding with the U.S. Navy during its "Operation Ice Camp 2024" in the Arctic Ocean. "Our Joint Force’s ...

A map of estimated new snow depths across the U.S. shows another arctic blast of cold air from the north will bring at least an inch of snow across a swath of northern America by Saturday. The model, ...

A team of researchers has released four more years of high-resolution imagery data, which has been added to eight years of previous data, to create the most detailed polar region terrain maps ever ...