It’s up to an Alaska federal court to decide who has the rights to a portion of land between the Canning and Staines rivers ...

Named after a Norwegian ship that explored the Arctic and Antarctic regions at the turn of the 20th century, Fram2 will ...

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

This year, 21 athletes participated in Unalaska’s annual Polar Bear Run. The 5K race down Summer Bay Road, which took place ...

"But Antarctica is not an apolitical human paradise with untouched nature—a sort of continent for scientific inquiry alone.

The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s decision ... means at least a temporary end to the state’s controversial bear-killing program, which was intended to aid the Mulchatna caribou herd.

Reaching the North Pole was a fantasy of the ancients ... Once the two of them actually achieved their goal, they ate the polar bear they shot, first boiling the frozen meat.

Courtesy of Christopher Paetkau A polar bear peacefully snoozing in a pillowy bed of flowers beat out some amazing shots to win the Nature Photography Contest! The winner of the second annual ...

More than 150 people took part in the 2025 Grand Traverse Bay Polar Plunge at Center Point Marina. The Polar Plunge is a fundraiser for Special Olympics Michigan athletes, helping to fund year ...

This photo provided by Intuitive Machines on Friday, March 7, 2025, shows the Athena, a private lunar lander, after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole. (Intuitive Machines via AP) ...