The polar bear has a rich history at Bowdoin, from its adoption as the College’s official mascot to the various styles and uses of the costume. It remains a symbol of the College, as well as a point ...

A sperm whale lies on its side amid shards of polar pack ice, dead and decomposing, its mouth hanging open in a silent scream. The lateral image on a flat plain resembles a textbook’s illustration of ...

The northernmost town in the world, Longyearbyen, is 800 miles from the North Pole, but home to over 2,000 people.

Come on a photographic journey to the most remote corners of the planet with full time travel and wildlife photographer Cindy ...

There are an estimated 4,000 to 5,000 polar bears on or around Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago as far north as you can fly on a commercial flight. At about 78 degrees north latitude, it is less than ...

Luxury cruise line Ponant is making it easier to travel to the ends of the Earth with a shorter voyage that brings travelers all the way to the geographic North Pole. The roundtrip journey will take ...

This celestial chart from 1687 is one of many illustrations from books, charts, and maps showing artists’ imaginings of polar bears. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. This article is from ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe. A major ...

The research ship Polarstern spent two months in the ice of the Arctic this summer. What they found could be evidence of an ecological collapse.