A decrease in pressure ridges over the past 3 decades is making the ice more uniform, with unclear consequences.

The Arctic's "Last Ice Area" (LIA)—a vital habitat for ice-dependent species—might disappear within a decade after the ...

Check and measure before walking on the ice. This particular winter has had long periods of arctic temperatures, which is ...

The 'Last Ice Area' is expected to be the final place in the Arctic where ice persists all year round even as our planet warms up – but a new study suggests the region, and the ecosystem that relies ...

The president plans to order new icebreakers to help compete with Russia and China, but the first one the U.S. has built in decades isn’t expected to be finished until after 2030.

The Arctic ice still harbors some sanctuaries ... The researchers show that, under the effect of global warming, a large part of the thick ice from the Last Ice Area could drift southward. By reaching ...

“Unlike 2007, temperatures were not unusually warm in the Arctic this summer. [But] we are losing the thick component of the ice cover,” he said. “And if you lose [that], the ice in the ...

New research reveals that polar bears use more than just thick fur to survive the Arctic—they also have a natural oil that ...

"At Leddy Beach, (in Burlington, VT) pancake ice can be seen forming along the shoreline," a release from the Woods Hole ...

At 13,000 tons, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Polar Star is a mammoth vessel made to crash through Arctic ice more than 20 feet thick. But it is the U.S.’s only icebreaker that operates year-round ...