A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

On March 9, the polar vortex wobbled and then snapped back the other way as mighty winds, suddenly shifting from the west to the east - something that typically happens once a year - usually in the ...

At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea and gannets dive. While biodiversity loss in the Arctic Ocean may seem ...

The Arctic polar vortex is a circle of strong, cold winds that picks up every winter over the North Pole. The vortex is always present , but it strengthens in the winter due to a redistribution of ...

Peary, for his part, made another attempt to reach the North Pole in 1905-06, his sixth Arctic expedition. By then, he had come to think of the pole as his birthright. Any endeavor to reach the ...

TASS/. The North Pole unique ice-resistant self-propelled platform during the maiden expedition changed successfully an ice floe to continue drifting in the Arctic Ocean's straits. This is the ...

person to trek solo and unsupported from northern Canada to the geographic North Pole. He triumphed after two months of isolation on the constantly shifting and cracking Arctic Ocean - finally ...

PETERSBURG, October 15. /TASS/. The Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI, St. Petersburg) scheduled the first voyage of the North Pole self-propelled ice-resistant platform for 2022 ...

The Earth’s magnetic pole has been on an interesting journey. Known to be positioned in the Canadian Arctic for years now, it is shifting towards Siberia and scientists say even towards Russia, and ...

Climate models predict that by as early as 2040 it will be possible in summer to sail across open water to the North Pole. Arctic sea ice helps cool the whole planet by reflecting sunlight back ...

Reaching the North Pole was a fantasy of the ancients. Finding the Northwest Passage was the goal of European explorers. Traversing the Arctic Ocean has become the reality of climate change.