Arctic Ocean

A near-record loss of sea ice …Despite a relatively cool summer in the far north, the Arctic Ocean’s sea-ice cover continued to shrink. But Julienne…

The U.S. Northern Command and Coast Guard have launched a major field-training exercise off Alaska’s northwest coast. Arctic Chinook is intended to…

Training to respond to trouble on a cruise ship in Arctic waters …Local, state and federal emergency-responders in Alaska and Canada got their first…

Scientists say warm winter weather around the circumpolar north has led to another record-setting year of decreasing sea-ice coverage of the Arctic Ocean.…

Dozens of national experts on ocean policy, research and business gathered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks this week to talk about how climate…