As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...

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The effects of the melting are devastating. At some point soon, the Arctic could be ice free. “Most models suggest that this could could happen around the middle of this century ...

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That's how wilderness explorer John Dunn cheerfully described the second leg of "Journey North," an 8,000-kilometre, 400-day ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...