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Join us on a peaceful sunset walk through Sankt Anton am Arlberg, a beautiful alpine village in Austria’s Tyrol region.

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

The mineral-rich Arctic island is open for tourism. Locals want to show what makes Greenland unique beyond a recent ...

American Garrett McNamara put this small Portuguese town on the surfing map after receiving an email from Portuguese Dino ...

Bodega Head peninsula stands as the area’s geological masterpiece—a granite headland jutting dramatically into the Pacific, creating both the protected harbor and some of Northern California’s most ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed opening about 7 million more federally managed acres on Alaska’s North Slope to new oil development, resurrecting a pro-drilling plan proposed in the first ...

Exploring the Arctic Ocean Article by Adam Thomas Photos by Paige Hagel, Yusuke Kohama, Kazu Tateyama and Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai March 19, 2025 UD doctoral student Tianyu Zhou spent month at sea on ...

Explorer Pen Hadow is campaigning for a North Pole marine reserve to protect the Arctic’s peoples, its species and its natural landscape.

The Arctic Ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere appears to be waning due to melting permafrost and worsening coastal erosion.

The following is an effort to disassemble the leading myths about the Arctic Ocean and to underscore nuggets of truth underlying the legends. The natural tendency, noted above, for people to process ...