Tristan Duke uses Arctic ice and a unique technique to offer a fresh perspective on a world transformed by climate change.

Arctic summer sea ice could disappear as early as 2035. By the time a toddler graduates from high school, summer sea ice in the high North could be a thing of the past.

Genetic studies show there’s still a lot to learn about cross-species mating in the Arctic. ANIMALS Pizzlies, grolars, and narlugas: Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids ...

From groundbreaking research to the beauty of marine sanctuaries teeming with life, these images shine a spotlight on the ...

(Once, most famous scientists were men. But that’s changing.) In 2021, photographer and National Geographic Explorer Esther Horvath, who specializes in covering scientific expeditions in polar ...

In Alaska, we must also be vigilant to another brewing geopolitical hotspot, the melting Arctic. Arctic competition is exacerbated by climate change. When most Americans think about climate change, ...

This story appears in the May 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The office of Artur Chilingarov, the bearded polar explorer and anointed Hero of the Russian Federation, is at the end of ...

This summer Goliat, which belongs to the Italian oil company Eni Norge and to Norway’s own Statoil, will be towed 53 miles (85 kilometers) northwest to its permanent mooring, near where the ...

The Arctic is home to pristine artifacts. A few archeologists are rushing to find them, and the critical clues they can offer modern culture, before climate change destroys them forever.

Our writer spent 30 hours traveling with arctic wolves and gained a new appreciation for these predators of the tundra. Wolves pick at the remains of a muskox. To get this image, photographer ...

National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions announces the researchers selected for the 2025 Arctic Visiting Scientist Program.