Contained in the new federal spending law formerly known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" is funding for 17 icebreakers, 21 cutters, more than 40 helicopters and six large patrol airplanes, Coast Guard ...

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

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent. One of the main drivers of this development is thought to be the warming ...

Like a wild bronco, those waves bucked sea ice at the edge of an icy pack 6 feet (2 m) up and down, while even larger waves swept 60 miles (100 km) toward the center of the pack.

There are two main sub species of walrus, the Atlantic and Pacific – which both occupy different areas of the Arctic. The ...

Thin ice can be seen between Kotzebue and Deering on Dec 17. (Desiree Hagen, KOTZ) In late March, when sea ice extension in the Arctic should be at its highest, scientists studied satellites ...

For decades, scientists have tried to pinpoint when the total extent of Arctic sea ice will drop below 1 million square kilometers (or about 386,000 square miles) — the marker denoting a "sea ...

Seasonal sea ice forms and melts every year creating openings in the ice with open water where life can continue to thrive.

Arctic sea ice patterns recorded by an Alaska scientist made it to the catwalk earlier this month in New York, ... into the Arctic pack ice for a full year starting in 2019.

Like a wild bronco, those waves bucked sea ice at the edge of an icy pack 6 feet (2 m) up and down, while even larger waves swept 60 miles (100 km) toward the center of the pack.