A fading culture adapts to the changing times in this Arctic town. With each new border and political shift, the indigenous women of Chukotka, Russia adjust to maintain their heritage and survive.

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

Photograph by Tom Murphy, National Geographic Plankton—a group that consists of tiny organisms like algae and bacteria—make up the base of the Arctic food chain.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

In 1847, Sir John Franklin and a crew of 128 men disappeared while searching for the fabled Northwest Passage. A National Geographic team sought to find evidence of their fate—but the Arctic ...

In Alaska, we must also be vigilant to another brewing geopolitical hotspot, the melting Arctic. Arctic competition is ...

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

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.