The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and least deep among the five great oceans in the world, and is about 14 million square ...

The dynamic glacier front is a highlight of the late afternoon Zodiac excursion at Smeerenburgbreen, in the Bjornfjorden — a ...

In the North Pole Marathon, a 56-year-old Chinese woman completed the full 42.195-kilometer course. As a member of a ...

Belmont's Becca Pizzi broke the women's world record at the North Pole Marathon, completing the icy race in 4:46:26 and ...

The North Pole, often a subject of fascination, lies at the very top of our planet, but its exact location can be difficult to pinpoint on a standard map. Geographically, it is located over the Arctic ...

From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather ...

A modern expedition follows the path of Hubert Wilkins, who set out for the North Pole in 1931 in a decrepit WW1 submarine.

Although no one “owns” the North Pole, countries with land ringing the Central Arctic Ocean already have rights extending some way beyond their coastlines, under international law.

The thick ice that covers the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole has melted, leaving a mile-wide stretch of water at the top of the world. North Pole visitor Malcolm McKenna, a paleontologist at the ...

The North Pole was above freezing on Sunday after an extreme winter warming event caused temperatures to climb more than 36 F (20 C) in the high Arctic.

Other Arctic coastal nations, as parties to UNCLOS, have made such extended shelf claims, some of which overlap near the North Pole.