As Atlantic waters move farther into the Arctic — a phenomenon known as atlantification — they are bringing increasing warmth ...

For adventure seekers, an arctic ocean cruise opens access to territories where few have ventured before. Poseidon Expeditions’ modern vessels navigate through pristine waters, where travelers ...

The Arctic Ocean has always been a region that’s fascinated University of Delaware doctoral student Tianyu Zhou. While most of humanity lives in the world’s temperate zone, the polar ocean seems like ...

Swedish photographer Christian Aslund visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, capturing images that recreated archive ...

A new study has shed light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that the Transpolar Drift, a major Arctic current, is far more dynamic than once thought. As ...

They live on coastlines, ice floes, and shallow waters along the Arctic Ocean's edges. Walruses typically live in shallow waters, which is where they rest and forage. However, they are good ...

The area of the Arctic Ocean covered by ice is shrinking as the climate warms, and it has been projected that the region will see its first ice-free summer day before 2030. The loss of ice leads ...

The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on 21 March 2025 was lower than at any time since continuous satellite ...

They are primarily a northern species that inhabits boreal forests and can also range as far north as the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Along North American mountain ranges, where elevation ...

“Over the last century we have seen a reduction of the overall amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean, reducing in area and thickness,” Stroeve continues. “Today’s end-of-summer ice cover is 40 ...