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In The World’s Most Remote Prehistoric Settlement, People Ate Polar Bears, Invented Dog Sledding, And Traded Obsidian Over 1,500 KilometersDogs pulling sledge beneath the Northern Lights

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In The World’s Most Remote Prehistoric Settlement, People Ate Polar Bears, Invented Dog Sledding, And Traded Obsidian Over 1,500 KilometersDogs pulling sledge beneath the Northern Lights
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In The World’s Most Remote Prehistoric Settlement, People Ate Polar Bears, Invented Dog Sledding, And Traded Obsidian Over 1,500 Kilometers

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"Corpse Point" In Svalbard Is Melting, Revealing Centuries-Old Skeletons, Disease, And A World Of TraumaPainting depicting whaling in Svalbard in 1690.

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"Corpse Point" In Svalbard Is Melting, Revealing Centuries-Old Skeletons, Disease, And A World Of TraumaPainting depicting whaling in Svalbard in 1690.
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"Corpse Point" In Svalbard Is Melting, Revealing Centuries-Old Skeletons, Disease, And A World Of Trauma

clock-iconMay 25, 2026
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Qinngua Valley: Greenland's Only Forest, Where The Old World Meets The NewA picture of Qinngua Valley taken in 2008.

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Qinngua Valley: Greenland's Only Forest, Where The Old World Meets The NewA picture of Qinngua Valley taken in 2008.
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Qinngua Valley: Greenland's Only Forest, Where The Old World Meets The New

clock-iconApril 15, 2026

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The "Whisky War" Of Hans Island: The Most Polite Border Dispute In History Was Fought With Booze And SarcasmHans Island in the High Arctic as seen from the air.

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The "Whisky War" Of Hans Island: The Most Polite Border Dispute In History Was Fought With Booze And SarcasmHans Island in the High Arctic as seen from the air.
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The "Whisky War" Of Hans Island: The Most Polite Border Dispute In History Was Fought With Booze And Sarcasm

clock-iconApril 13, 2026

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The Planet's Largest Terrestrial Biome Is On The Move – It's Heading North At A Rapid RateA moose in green trees, part of a Boreal forests

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The Planet's Largest Terrestrial Biome Is On The Move – It's Heading North At A Rapid RateA moose in green trees, part of a Boreal forests
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The Planet's Largest Terrestrial Biome Is On The Move – It's Heading North At A Rapid Rate

clock-iconFebruary 12, 2026
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Severnaya Zemlya May Be The Last Major Land Discovery On Planet EarthSevernaya Zemlya Archipelago, imaged by satellite.

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Severnaya Zemlya May Be The Last Major Land Discovery On Planet EarthSevernaya Zemlya Archipelago, imaged by satellite.
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Severnaya Zemlya May Be The Last Major Land Discovery On Planet Earth

clock-iconFebruary 7, 2026
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“It Will Be OK For A While, Until It Isn’t”: Why Svalbard’s Polar Bears Are Still In Good Shape Despite Sea Ice Losspolar bear on sea ice during golden hour

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“It Will Be OK For A While, Until It Isn’t”: Why Svalbard’s Polar Bears Are Still In Good Shape Despite Sea Ice Losspolar bear on sea ice during golden hour
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“It Will Be OK For A While, Until It Isn’t”: Why Svalbard’s Polar Bears Are Still In Good Shape Despite Sea Ice Loss

clock-iconJanuary 29, 2026
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Arctic Means “Bear”, And Antarctic Means “Opposite Bear”, But It Has Nothing To Do With Polar Bearsa polar bear in the arctic and penguin in the antarctic beneath the northern constellation ursa major

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Arctic Means “Bear”, And Antarctic Means “Opposite Bear”, But It Has Nothing To Do With Polar Bearsa polar bear in the arctic and penguin in the antarctic beneath the northern constellation ursa major
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Arctic Means “Bear”, And Antarctic Means “Opposite Bear”, But It Has Nothing To Do With Polar Bears

clock-iconJanuary 27, 2026
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This Is What The "New Arctic" Looks Like, Warn ScientistsReindeers covered in snow in Arctic landscape

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This Is What The "New Arctic" Looks Like, Warn ScientistsReindeers covered in snow in Arctic landscape
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This Is What The "New Arctic" Looks Like, Warn Scientists

clock-iconJanuary 9, 2026
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Remarkably Preserved 23-Million-Year-Old “Frosty” Rhino Discovered In Canadian ArcticAncient rhino in the Canadian Arctic during the Early Miocene

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Remarkably Preserved 23-Million-Year-Old “Frosty” Rhino Discovered In Canadian ArcticAncient rhino in the Canadian Arctic during the Early Miocene
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Remarkably Preserved 23-Million-Year-Old “Frosty” Rhino Discovered In Canadian Arctic

clock-iconOctober 29, 2025

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A Crewed Submersible Has Been Sent Under The Arctic's Ice By China For The First TimeThe crewed submersible "Jiaolong" arriving at Tsim Sha Tsui Pier in Hong Kong on September 24, 2024.

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A Crewed Submersible Has Been Sent Under The Arctic's Ice By China For The First TimeThe crewed submersible "Jiaolong" arriving at Tsim Sha Tsui Pier in Hong Kong on September 24, 2024.
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A Crewed Submersible Has Been Sent Under The Arctic's Ice By China For The First Time

clock-iconSeptember 29, 2025
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The Longest Living Mammals Are Giants That Live Up To 200 Years In The Icy ArcticA bowhead whale swims through blue water toward ice in the Arctic.

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The Longest Living Mammals Are Giants That Live Up To 200 Years In The Icy ArcticA bowhead whale swims through blue water toward ice in the Arctic.
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The Longest Living Mammals Are Giants That Live Up To 200 Years In The Icy Arctic

clock-iconSeptember 17, 2025
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For The First Time, We've Found Evidence Climate Change Is Attracting Invasive Species To Canadian Arcticbay barnacles can travel to arctic on ships hulls

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For The First Time, We've Found Evidence Climate Change Is Attracting Invasive Species To Canadian Arcticbay barnacles can travel to arctic on ships hulls
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For The First Time, We've Found Evidence Climate Change Is Attracting Invasive Species To Canadian Arctic

clock-iconSeptember 12, 2025
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Why Don't Polar Bears Hibernate?A polar bear catches a quick nap while a cub keeps watch.

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Why Don't Polar Bears Hibernate?A polar bear catches a quick nap while a cub keeps watch.
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Do Polar Bears Hibernate?

clock-iconSeptember 1, 2025

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The World’s Largest Terrestrial Carnivore Has Clear Fur And Black Skin, But You Wouldn’t Know Ita polar bear on the snow, its fur looks white, but it isn't

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The World’s Largest Terrestrial Carnivore Has Clear Fur And Black Skin, But You Wouldn’t Know Ita polar bear on the snow, its fur looks white, but it isn't
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The World’s Largest Terrestrial Carnivore Has Clear Fur And Black Skin, But You Wouldn’t Know It

clock-iconAugust 15, 2025
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