Recently, they have made steady daily progress of 20km or more, despite some areas of broken ice. The Spaniards spotted polar bear prints on April 28, and later watched a bear pass near their camp ...

By early May, the high sun can make calm Arctic days mild or even hot. We update expeditions on Ellesmere Island, the Northwest Passage, and Greenland.

An image of a Polar Bear resting on an ice cap in the Arctic Ocean has won the Wildlife Photograph of the Year People’s Choice Awards. The snoozing Polar Bear was snapped by an amateur UK ...

For decades distressed polar bears on distant ice caps were an emblem for climate change – until experts began to doubt the effectiveness of these visuals.

They then skied south, moving inland over the Grant Ice Cap. Hauling 130kg sleds at over 1,000m elevation, the experienced arctic travelers managed around 14km per day despite deep, soft snow.

When we talk about the polar ice caps, we’re talking about the massive layers of ice and snow that cover Antarctica, Greenland, and portions of Canada and Russia. It’s normal for Arctic ice to ...

A polar bear near Kaktovik, Alaska. New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0. Polar bears don’t have to worry about ...