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Russian nuclear icebreaker escorts North Pole platform from Greenland Sea
After 21 months of drifting across the Arctic Ocean, Russia’s Severny Polus (North Pole)…
Four Chinese icebreaking research vessels set off on Arctic expedition
One of the vessels, Tansuo-3, is equipped with a moon pool, allowing it to…
Here’s why the South Pole froze over before the North Pole
While it once was temperate and lush, Earth's southernmost continent Antarctica froze over about…
Use it or lose it: Arctic pragmatism requires qualitative knowledge
Arctic diplomacy, business, and science are all highly pragmatic endeavors: they require and foster…
Brutal field trip provided new insights into Arctic winter
It was the hardest field trip they had ever been on, but the result…
A dead explorer in the wrong uniform stumped historians for 166 years. DNA just solved the mystery
Nearly 180 years after all 129 men who took part in the Franklin expedition…
Critical minerals could save or destabilise the Arctic
A few weeks ago, students from my “International Relations of the Arctic” class at…
Why ‘quick fixes’ won’t save polar bears
The future of polar bears becomes increasingly uncertain as Arctic sea ice disappears at…
