A new seafloor map reveals an area in the Arctic Ocean twice the size of France and six times the size of England. This addition contributes to the Seabed 2030 project, which aims to map the ...

The Arctic seafloor is cold, unforgiving, and barren. Or is it? Few would argue against the ‘cold’ and ‘unforgiving’ parts, ...

The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

and Danish claims overlapping each other over an area covering much of the Arctic Ocean. Out of an area of approximately 2.8 million square kilometers located outside of the Arctic nations ...

Sea ice loss is not only damaging to wildlife, plants and the roughly 4 million people who live in the Arctic — it has global consequences. Sea ice acts like a giant mirror, reflecting the sunlight ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the world's most remarkable oceans. It's home to a multitude of unique life ...

More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border.

For adventure seekers, an arctic ocean cruise opens access to territories where few have ventured before. Poseidon Expeditions’ modern vessels navigate through pristine waters, where travelers ...

The Arctic now exists within a “new regime,” where signals such as sea ice loss and ocean temperatures may not always break records, but are consistently more extreme compared to the past ...