The Arctic
Consisting of deep ocean covered by drifting pack ice and surrounded by continents and archipelagos around the Earth's North Pole, the Arctic is the planet's largest and least fragmented inhabited region.
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Polar bear assessment brings both good and troubling news
Last month, the Polar Bear Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) released a new assessment of polar bears. The findings reveal the most up-to-date information for polar bear populations.
Published 18 November 2019
NEWS
A new protected area in Russia
One of the last, untouched areas of European forest is being protected in the Arkhangelsk Region of Russia.
Published 9 October 2019
From The Circle
Is this Arctic seabird the “canary in the coalmine”?
Cooper Island, a 4-mile slice of sand and gravel off the coast of the northern tip of Alaska, is home to the region’s biggest colony of Mandt’s black guillemots. The pigeon-sized seabird feeds on Arctic cod and breeds near sea ice off the island from June to September.