It is in no one’s interest to militarise the Arctic but thanks to something of an arms race heating up between the US, Russia ...

Most people view the world map as if they’re eyes are aligned on the equator. Those that study, work in and potentially fight in the Arctic take a different view.

New, unclassified maps from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency show how the Arctic is heating up--literally and geopolitically.

Researchers at Durham University have drawn up the first ever "Arctic Map" to show the disputed territories that states might lay claim to in the future. The new map design follows a series of ...

Adrift in the Arctic Nowhere on Earth is warming as fast. Scientists will spend a year trapped in sea ice to understand what that means for the world.

With the Arctic warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe, the ice that covers the Arctic Circle continues to dwindle. Recent estimates suggest that the area will experience ice-free summers ...

The magnetic field that surrounds our planet is constantly shifting. But lately, near the Arctic, it’s been so active that researchers had to release a crucial update to the World Magnetic Model ...

This year's frenzy of oil and gas exploration in newly accessible Arctic waters could be the harbinger of even starker changes to come.

The 5th edition of the atlas, published in 1989, was the first to comprehensively map the Arctic. Wardley and Valdés relied on two government resources that track Arctic ice data: NASA and the NSIDC.