sea ice

Finding technological tools to operate in the far north …It’s not unusual for mistakes to be made during a big, complex operation like the…

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…

Another appointee for the U.S. Arctic Research Commission ...President Obama has announced his next appointment to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.…

Preparing for emergencies in Arctic waters …Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mike McAllister had to hit the ground running last month when he assumed command of…

Receding sea ice helps bring broadband to northern Alaska …An Anchorage-based company is taking advantage of the open ocean off the coast of Alaska to lay…

Balancing conservation and development in the circumpolar north …Public-lands managers in Alaska say climate change brings a new challenges to the…

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.…

The ripple effects of polar ice-melting …Julie Brigham-Grette paraphrases a popular advertising slogan to explain why the rapid warming under way in the…

Record-setting Arctic warmth and sea-ice cover … “We’ve never seen anything like this, in terms of how warm it was this January,” says Mark Serreze, a…