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In a highly coloured biography of famed Arctic maritime explorer Joseph Elzéar Bernier, he is credited with confronting an ...

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The world broke another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly United States, a cooling La Nina and ...

Charles Francis Hall genuinely loved the north but couldn't inspire loyalty in his men. Did one of them kill him? If so, was a love triangle the motive?

Swimming in the Arctic Ocean had been on my bucket list for years, and I finally got the chance to make it happen.

The temperature hovered around freezing in New York’s Central Park on December 15, 1925. Clad in a thick fur coat, Alaskan sled-dog musher Gunnar Kaasen stood next to the hero of the moment: Balto, a ...

The gators “poke their heads through the ice” to take “about one breath ... the organization warned that the area should brace for arctic air. Rare winter storms have not only caused ...

David Attenborough cameraman Gordon Buchanan was once moments from death after a polar bear decided to attack as he filmed in Svalbard in the Arctic Circle for a BBC series.

A thaw is on its way. After highs Tuesday and Wednesday of 19 and Thursday of 30, Friday's forecast from the National Weather Service calls for a mostly sunny day with a high near 34. [Get the latest ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ice creation, with Lake Erie nearly completely frozen over. Lake Erie was ...