From the deck of Buggy One, there are several bears in sight, mostly large males. Invisible in an Arctic blizzard, their double-layer coats, not stark white but golden like sheep’s wool ...

From ice climbing and backcountry skiing to dining inside a lava cliff and soaking in thermal pools, there is plenty to do for thrill-seekers and wellness enthusiasts alike ...

Herb Wilson, a retired Colby College biology professor who lives in Waterville, made four wet and buggy trips to the Saco ... Some, like Maine’s Katahdin Arctic, can only be found in hard ...

Unless you live somewhere remote where winter weather makes roads impassable—like, say, the Michigan Upper Peninsula or the Arctic Circle ... driving an off-road buggy but without the safety ...

China is expected to redefine its Arctic policy – including an ambition to become a great polar power by 2030 – amid growing scrutiny from far northern countries and a possible US-Russia ...

The Trump administration formally announced Thursday that it planned to expand drilling in the Arctic, including in the contentious Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior Department said ...

Geopolitical rivalries are intensifying in the Arctic, but Russia is willing to cooperate with foreign partners, including from the West, in economic ventures there that will benefit all sides ...

The Arctic Ocean likely had the smallest winter ice cover in 47 years of satellite records this season, with just 5.53 million square miles of sea ice covering the region at its peak on March 22 ...

From the East a speech from a Russian leader hinting at carving up the Arctic and its vast mineral wealth with Moscow's new friends in Washington. Image: The US vice president and his wife arrive ...