While there has even been some talk of a military invasion, there are other ways America could gain control of the Arctic territory, such as free association, which is the ability to maintain self ...

And these are real concerns for the United States, rooted in climate change: As polar ice melts away, superpowers are vying for newly open shipping routes in the Arctic Ocean and largely ...

Arctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 14.33 million square kilometers (5.53 million square miles) on March 22, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data ...

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Vladimir Putin has warned of intensifying geopolitical competition in the Arctic amid rising US threats to take Greenland ...

Arctic sea ice extent appears to have reached its annual maximum on March 22, 2025. This is the lowest maximum in the 47-year satellite record, with previous low maximums occurring in 2017, 2018, 2016 ...

The Arctic’s icy expanse conceals more than just Russian nuclear submarines – it also holds valuable resources, including crucial metals and minerals, oil, and natural gas. "China sees the Arctic as ...

Mironov argued that Russia must defend its strategic and historical interests in the Arctic — including through symbolic changes like altering geographic names. The Arctic is a critical region for ...

Check your internet connection or browser settings. To map the record-low in the Arctic, I referred to the sea ice index provided by the NSIDC. Data is available as daily or monthly averages for ...

In late January and early March, the French Air and Space Force, with support from Canada and Denmark, conducted critical Arctic tests. Pilots and crews trained in extreme conditions, facing -30 ...

Conventional wisdom claims the bizarre camouflage pattern worked and helped turn the tide of Great War naval battles. But new research reevaluating one of the only rigorous studies testing that ...

The allied militaries did not specify where within the Arctic Circle the exercise took place, but the area is home to Russian bases including Severomorsk in Murmansk and Arctic trade passages like ...