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Osborn Range on Ellesmere Island.
Baffin, Unorganized, Nunavut

Ellesmere Island

The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.
<em>Maud </em> pulls into Bergen Port in Norway.
exploration

After a Century in the Ice, Maud Has Returned Home to Norway

The polar exploration ship survived freezing, sinking, and seizure by creditors.
Cara Giaimo August 17, 2018
Spitsbergen Pale Ale and Spitsbergen Pilsner from Svalbard Brewery.
Gastro Obscura

Svalbard Brewery Beer

The world's northernmost commercial brewery makes beer with water from a glacier.
Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa Claus's Main Post Office

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
The canyon is home to an incredible colony of black-footed kittiwakes.
Norway

Diskobukta Kittiwake Colony

Thousands of birds nest in the cliffs while arctic foxes prowl below.
Longyearbyen, Norway

Svalbard Bryggeri

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Across some sections of the Arctic, seasonal sea ice is failing to reappear as temperatures rise.
arctic circle

Why a Portion of the Arctic Ocean May Become Part of the Atlantic

Clue: It's related to climate change.
Natasha Frost June 29, 2018
So far north, the sun never really sets.
exploration

Revisiting an Explorer's Northwest Passage 'Disappointment' After Nearly 230 Years

The 18th-century fur trader Alexander Mackenzie thought he was a failure, but he was wrong. He was just too early.
Brian Castner March 13, 2018
<em>B. hyperboreus</em>, the Arctic rival of <em>B. polaris</em>.
insects

The Unlikely Survival of Bees in the Arctic

A new species has been identified in an archipelago once used for Soviet nuclear testing.
Sarah Laskow January 11, 2018
Aerial recording of Summit Camp, Greenland.
Greenland

Summit Camp

This remote research station sits amid the second-largest ice sheet on the planet.
Ada Blackjack, pictured with the rest of the expedition to Wrangel Island.
exploration

Ada Blackjack, the Forgotten Sole Survivor of an Odd Arctic Expedition

In the early 1920s, 23-year-old Blackjack endured a two-year stay on frosty Wrangel Island.
Tessa Hulls December 6, 2017
science

Watch Very Old Jellyfish Glide Beneath the Arctic Ice

Life under the ice is long and slow.
Natasha Frost October 25, 2017
Iceland

Arctic Circle Marker

A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.
arctic circle

A Tanker Just Made It Across the Arctic With No Icebreaker for the First Time

A real conversation-starter.
Cara Giaimo August 28, 2017
Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Inuvik Community Greenhouse

This greenhouse was once a hockey arena.
The Igloo Church.
Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Our Lady of Victory Church

This house of worship in the Arctic Circle is shaped like an igloo.
Pugh swimming in subzero water, alongside a border of melting Arctic sea ice.
arctic circle

This Speedo-Clad Environmentalist Is Swimming Through the Melting Arctic

Endurance athlete Lewis Pugh is braving subzero water to draw attention to the effects of climate change.
Cara Giaimo August 2, 2017
So many craters!
geology

Found: Giant Mounds and Craters Across the Arctic Seafloor

Aka methane burps.
Sarah Laskow June 2, 2017