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Huge Underwater Eruptions Blasted Craters into Arctic Seafloor
The Barents Sea near Svalbard is dotted with seafloor craters created about 11,600 years ago by methane hydrate eruptions.
Why Russia Gave up Alaska, America's Gateway to the Arctic
The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the U.S. 150 years ago is actually two tales and two intertwining histories.
New Icy Island Forms as Arctic Glacier Retreats
The rapid retreat of the Coronation Glacier in Canada's Arctic region is remaking the landscape.
Colorful Arctic Animals Revealed in Thousands of Undersea Images
New photographs of deep-sea creatures could hold the key to helping predict climate change.
Stunning Total Solar Eclipse Observed Over the Arctic (Photos)
A stark black disc haloed by streaks of light — a team of scientists captured this image of a total solar eclipse over the Arctic in March.
Spooky Ring of Light Created by Arctic's Ice-Mapping Lasers (Photo)
An image, released by NASA's Earth Observatory, shows pulses of laser light hitting Arctic sea ice — the ice that forms and floats in Arctic waters.
Warming Air Was Trigger for Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse
The spectacular 2002 collapse of Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf was caused by surface melting.
