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Most Polar Ice Ever Recorded -- Don Surber So much for an ice-free Arctic. Henry Hudson’s long-ago dream of a Northwest Passage that would l...

Ice thickness is just as important or more so in helping understand what is happening in the far north Photo: AP/John McConnico Arctic Sea I...

(Click on Image to Enlarge) Unlocked By Melting Ice-Caps, The Great Polar Oil Rush Has Begun -- The Independent Trillions are at stak...

While drilling holes in Alaska’s Bench Glacier, scientists discovered dozens of massive cracks that extend from the ground far up into the i...

Study: Strong winds and not global warming are to blame for much of the record-breaking loss of ice in the Arctic Ocean in recent years. Fro...

Permafrost in Siberia. Methane emissions from the Arctic permafrost increased by 31% from 2003-07, figures show. Photograph: Francis Latreil...

The icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnicov in pack ice off Canada Photo: Daisy Gilardini From The Telegraph: Global warming could reveal lucrative ...

A polar bear navigates ice floes in Baffin Bay in the Canadian Arctic on July 10, 2008. This year's cooler summer means that the Arctic ...

From Watts Up With That?: While 2009 minimum on 09/13 of 5,249, 844 was just 65, 312 sq km below 2005 in minimum extent, which occurred on ...

From The BBC: Milder winters in the Arctic region have led to fewer Pacific brants, a species of sea goose, migrating southwards, say resear...

Photo: Walrus have been seen on Alaska's north coast in unusual numbers From The BBC: This summer's melt of Arctic sea ice has not ...

CARIBOU CRISIS: Thanks to shifting seasons as a result of climate change, fewer caribou calves are surviving. Courtesy of Eric Post From Sci...

An adult female caribou and her newborn calf in Greenland during 2008-2009. Caribou numbers have been declining as a result of climate chang...

From Live Science: Flowering plants and hippo-like creatures once thrived in the Arctic, where the tundra and polar bears now prevail. New r...

Undiscovered Arctic oil reserves are largely under the ocean From The BBC: An estimated 30% of the world's undiscovered gas and 13% of i...

Untapped: A third of the world's remaining natural gas and 13 per cent of its oil is trapped beneath the Arctic, a survey shows From The...

Oil and gas in the Arctic are seen as ripe for exploitation by the Russian energy industry. Photograph: Hans Strand/ Hans Strand/Corbis From...

Frederick Cook and Robert Peary both claimed they discovered the North Pole. AGIP / Rue des Archives / The Granger Collection, New York From...

Amanda Joynt waters her garden in an old hockey arena converted to a greenhouse for growing vegetables 124 miles north of the Arctic Circle ...