Imagine a place where golden caribou herds roam beneath endless summer skies, polar bears dig dens deep into wind-scoured ...

In 2010 Pfirman was part of a team that identified the most likely location for the Arctic’s last summer sea ice ... Covered with mountains and glaciers, a refuge for denning polar bears ...

Here, deep into the Arctic Circle and ... and not enough snow on the mountains (for it to be winter). And also, in the winter, it’s permanently dark.” In the summer of 2024, he decided to ...

In the summer, once the vessel on the third evening has crossed the Arctic Circle near Gjersvikgrenda ... To explore the scenery a gondola takes you up a mountain, good 700 meters elevation ...

Set within a stunning landscape of snow-capped mountains and ice-locked fjords ... to raise their pups in the brief arctic summer. But successfully raising their pups will be no easy task.

These areas are sensitive to climate change, including the Arctic, mountains, and arid regions. The park service is adapting to both climate change and record breaking visitation to ensure public ...

Sarah's summer fellowship gives a boost to their study of Earth or environmental science in Arctic, Antarctic, or alpine regions. It also acts as a lever for equity and underserved communities. Our ...

The company discontinued the service in the 1980s, but resumed it in summer 2024 ... meaning “cool coast” in Norwegian – in the Arctic Ocean.

The Arctic’s winter ice extent reached its lowest recorded level in March since satellite monitoring began in 1979. On March 21, 2025, the sea ice cover measured 14.45 million square kilometres ...

She cautioned that a record low area in the winter doesn’t guarantee a record small area in the summer. Melting Arctic sea ice — mostly in the summer — is making the polar bear population ...

The Mountain Research Station is an interdisciplinary research facility of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, devoted to advancement of study of mountain ecosystems.