The Arctic Circle, an extraordinary region covering 4% of Earth’s surface, is a land of extremes where the sun can shine at midnight or darkness may reign at noon. Despite its harsh conditions, this ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

While most Quad-Citians prepare for the holidays in the United States, others are going far, far from the North Pole. Sarah Nuernberger, 15, will spend Christmas in Antarctica, in the Antarctic Circle ...

The amount of sunlight reaching the Antarctic Circle has remained the same over the eons, but the climate was much balmier during the Cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago) than it is ...

Moonshot proposals to save the planet’s ice sheets, including giant underwater sea curtains and refreezing Arctic ice, are gaining popularity as the planet heats up. But none of the most high-profile ...