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The 73-mile-long Inuvik-Aklavik Ice Road forms each year when the Mackenzie River freezes over.

Canada's Ice Roads Are Melting Too Soon

Climate change is fraying these seasonal lifelines, causing hardships for the remote towns that rely on them.

Karen Gardiner August 23, 2019

Soup set to be disinterred in 1980, 2000, and 2050.

The Quest to Find a Lost Arctic Explorer’s Buried Soup

An "Arctic mystery" may lead to a future of food under the permafrost.

Tal McThenia August 19, 2019

The Coldfoot Post Office, where your bartender might be the postmaster.

Coldfoot, Alaska

Coldfoot Camp

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

Ruins of a blubber oven in Smeerenburg.

Amsterdam Island, Norway

Smeerenburg Blubber Ovens

These circular ruins are all that remain of a 17th-century Arctic whaling outpost.

Arctic Circle Monument Sign

The stickered marker pinpoints where the only maintained road in the United States crosses into the polar region.

Kesha the "fox."

Barentsburg, Norway

Barentsburg

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

The Arctic Circle Centre.

Storforshei, Norway

Arctic Circle Centre

This roadside attraction looks like a flying saucer parked atop the tundra.

A feral pig messes with the nest of a white-capped albatross on Auckland Island.

The Livestock Living at the End of the World

Things get hairy when you plop pigs on a subantarctic island.

Abbey Perreault May 17, 2019

Outside crossing when there is no snow.

Rovaniemi, Finland

Rovaniemi's Arctic Circle Border

If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.

The reindeer herd.

Tønsvik, Norway

Tromsø Arctic Reindeer Experience

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

The Smoking Hills, as seen from the sea.

Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories

The Smoking Hills

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

Polar bears dine on a bowhead whale carcass on Wrangel Island, Russia.

Dead Whales Once Saved Polar Bears From Climate Change, But Not This Time

Less sea ice and fewer whales mean a grim outlook.

Matthew Taub October 10, 2018

Osborn Range on Ellesmere Island.

Baffin, Unorganized, Nunavut

Ellesmere Island

The third-largest island in Canada is one of the remotest places on Earth.

Stefansson was a famed explorer and proponent of Inuit foodways.

The Arctic Explorer Who Pushed an All-Meat Diet

Vilhjalmur Stefansson wanted to prove a point.

Anne Ewbank August 28, 2018

Svalbard, Norway

Svalbard Satellite Station

This Norwegian satellite station provides ground services to more satellites than any other facility in the world.

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.

Diskobukta Kittiwake Colony

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

Some actual mountains encountered (and sketched) by Ross.

How a Fake Mountain Range Slowed Down Arctic Exploration

The 19th-century naval officer John Ross had a knack for seeing land where it wasn't.

Cara Giaimo March 9, 2018