The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

The United States on Friday blocked oil, gas and mining operations across tracts of unspoiled wilderness in Alaska, winning praise from environmentalists for safeguarding habitat for polar bears, caribou and other Arctic species.

Environmentalists celebrate new rules but Alaska politicians call it an ‘illegal’ attack on state’s livelihood and predict lawsuits

Canada faces challenges as mild winter disrupts crucial ice road to remote Arctic diamond mines, impacting transportation and highlighting climate change c...

Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns.

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny's parents and other mourners laid flowers at his grave Tuesday to mark 40 days since his death in an Arctic prison, an important Orthodox Christian rite.

Longtime Russian leader faces no meaningful opposition after death in Arctic penal colony of Alexei Navalny

Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US landing ship to storm a snow-swept Norwegian beach as part of a rapid response unit pushing out an invading enemy.

Sweden's accession to NATO strengthens alliance presence in Baltic and Arctic regions, countering Russian influence.

One study projects that the Arctic could see summer days without sea ice within the next decade