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 ...

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.

Every year, weather enthusiasts eagerly watch and wait for signs that the polar vortex, a mass of cold air spinning around the Arctic, might meander south, sending cold and snow into the lower ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.