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How Fox News host Bill Hemmer conquered the Arctic
It started with a call from the US Navy back in November, asking if I’d be interested in taking a trip to the Arctic later that winter. It’d be part...
Inside the hellhole Russian prison where Putin rival Alexei Navalny lived his final days
Alexei Navalny disappeared from a prison about 150 miles east of Moscow early that month — only to resurface three weeks later at a dark, freezing, Gulag-style camp above the...
Auto erotic: Explore Europe inside its sexiest supercars
Whether you want to hit the track in British racing green or Ferrari red, new opportunities for luxury driving vacations are revving up for summer.
Putin deploys world's largest submarine as 'nuke' convoy heads to the frontlines
A new video shows what appears to be a train hauling military equipment linked to a division of the Russian Ministry of Defense that it in charge of the country's...
Divers recovering Ford F-150 that sank in arctic waters off Canada
An operation is underway to retrieve a Ford F-150 pickup that sunk during a test run for the Transglobal Car Expedition in the Arctic Circle.
How the melting Arctic could lead to huge riches—but also a world war
How the melting Arctic could lead to huge riches — but also a global conflict between Russia and the US.
Putin vows Russia will 'knock out the teeth' of adversaries that challenge territory
Vladimir Putin, who made the remarks Thursday while delivering televised remarks at a virtual meeting with senior officials, declined to call out any adversary or territory by name.
Sun sets on Alaskan city as it descends into 66-day 'polar night'
The sun set for the last time this year in the remote Alaskan city of Utqiaġvik on Wednesday, marking the start of a 66-day period of “polar night.” “At 1:30pm...
This North American territory has no cases of coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has reached practically every spot on Earth, but the final frontier appears to be a remote spot in North America where the total number of infections is...
Which states can see the northern lights tonight?
It's a bucket list event for stargazers.
Arctic Circle fires have set carbon dioxide emission records
Arctic Circle fires this year have released approximately 35 percent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the already record-breaking 2019 Siberian blazes, according to new data. The European Union's...
Cruise line scrambles to reschedule after Russia denies access to Arctic waters
A cruise ship won’t be making its scheduled trip through arctic waters near Russia. A Norwegian cruise line was denied entry to Russian waters above the Arctic Circle just two...
Global superpowers scrabbling to claim North Pole's new ocean
A global battle is underway for an ocean that sits at the top of the earth. Over the past three decades, global warming has contributed to the melting of the...
900-year-old 'polar princess' mummy still has eyelashes
The miraculous mummy of a “polar princess” has been found close to the Arctic Circle, her long eyelashes and hair still intact after 900 years. Her haunting face and features...
Inside the Arctic's 'unprecedented' report card
The Arctic Report Card is here — and the heat is on to find a stop to the massive decline in sea ice and snow. The report, sponsored by the...
This shark may have been 400 years old
WASHINGTON — In the cold waters of the Arctic, a denizen of the deep lurked for centuries. Now scientists calculate that this female Greenland shark was the Earth's oldest living...
Temperatures spike 50 degrees above normal at North Pole
There has been a heat wave of sorts in the North Pole this week that might even have Santa trading in his sleigh for swim trunks. Temperatures were as much...
The sea word: Set sail on a ‘floating book club’
If not even the promise of free booze could drag you out to the, let’s say, acquired taste that is a book club, here’s a better plan: Get yourself off...
Divers brave freezing temperatures to swim with Beluga whales
Talk about a whale of a time. Extreme freedivers in the White Sea off the coast of northwest Russian, show just how far they are willing to push themselves, when...
Big Oil not only believes in global warming — they’ll profit from it
If this winter’s polar vortexes and accidental Atlanta ice-skating rinks have you doubting whether climate change is real, you’re not alone. In a recent Yale survey, a record 23% of...