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 ...

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

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

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 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 ...

This sustained, interdisciplinary Arctic evidence offers important and comprehensive insights, which help us better understand highly complex ocean systems and the possible future implications.” ...

New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the consequences could extend far beyond the North. Known as the Beaufort Gyre ...

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 ...

Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost, but scientists are now exploring whether new technology can help refreeze the sea ice and halt its rapid decline. Such is the rate of ...

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 ...

“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 ...