Current ice cap data are gathered by satellite and submarines, which can show the overall span of the Arctic ice melt, but these projections are not sufficient to provide an accurate estimate of ...

The Arctic Ocean’s pristine white ice cap, a defining feature of our planet ... the ice extent typically fell below current ...

Illustrated with the author’s own photographs, this “hair-raising” book charts a 4,300-mile trip across the polar ice cap in a helicopter with a maximum range of only 300 miles.

Unfortunately for the Arctic, but fortunately for the mission, this year is far from normal. The enduring mystery of our first week is the location of the ice cap. Our resident ice scientist ...

"global warming," has invoked mental images of shrinking ice caps and desperate polar bears. And the Arctic is indeed warming rapidly - at three to four times the global average. With that in mind ...

YOKOHAMA--Japan’s first Arctic research vessel ... functions from the current oceanographic research vessel, Mirai, which was limited to operating in ice-free areas. At 128 meters from bow ...

The Arctic acts as a vital indicator of global climate change. The world's focus is drawn to these melting ice caps not just for their beauty, but because they hold significant lessons about our ...

According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free during the summer from 2030 onwards regardless of the level of greenhouse gas emissions.

The sea ice cap grows during the cold Arctic winters and shrinks when temperatures climb again, but over the last three decades, satellites have observed a 13% decline per decade in the summertime ...

But zealots push hysteria. In 2009, Al Gore, while collecting a Nobel prize, said there was "a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap ... during some of the summer months, could be ...