Join me in northern Norway for a day of Arctic fishing! The water is freezing, the scenery is unreal, and the cod are huge.

Centuries before modern travelers reached Norway’s Lofoten islands for the scenery, Viking chieftains settled here for fertile soil and rich fishing grounds.

Mining company Blue Moon Metals plans to dispose of its mining waste in Repparfjord, a nationally protected salmon fjord in the Norwegian Arctic that Indigenous Sámi fishers rely on. When operational, ...

Explore the Lofoten Islands, a stunning Arctic archipelago in Northern Norway. Captured in ultra-high-definition, this aerial footage reveals dramatic fjords, snowy peaks, turquoise waters, and ...

Extraterrestrial particles found at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean could unlock at least 30,000 years of sea ice history, a new study finds. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Scientists have reconstructed ...

Arctic sea ice has declined by more than 42% since 1979, when regular satellite monitoring began. As the ice grows thinner and recedes, more water is exposed to sunlight. Ice reflects sunlight but ...

Melting Arctic ice is revealing a hidden world of nitrogen-fixing bacteria beneath the surface. These microbes, not the usual cyanobacteria, enrich the ocean with nitrogen, fueling algae growth that ...

The Polar areas of the Arctic and Antarctic are the coolers of the world. In the Arctic there is floating sea ice covering the more than 4,000 m deep central Arctic Ocean surrounded by islands like ...

On Sept. 24, 2025, a rumor spread online that Norway's engineers had created a novel invention to help Arctic seals: floating "ice pods" that give the animals somewhere to "rest, raise pups, and ...

A coastal Arctic cave in northern Norway has turned up an Ice Age animal community that feels both familiar and foreign. The bones point to an Arctic coast with birds, fish, and mammals living side by ...

Arctic sea ice hit its 2025 summer minimum without setting a record low on Sept. 10, despite a historically low winter maximum earlier in the year. Scientists say sea ice loss has slowed over the past ...