Greenland lies across the most direct routes from Russia to the populous east coast of the US, and is the closest territory ...

Over 150 years ago, in 1867, the United States acquired Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Since then, it has not expanded ...

Remarkably, it came within just 44 kilometers of the North Pole—the closest lightning event ever recorded near the top of the world. "This thunderstorm was unlike anything we typically see in ...

Fire officials plan to conduct a series of prescribed burns on military training lands near Fairbanks and North Pole beginning as ... The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, in ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

T he Arctic is slipping from Canada’s grasp. Years of neglect—by successive governments and especially under the ...

Spurs are currently in pole position to land the highly rated youngster. With Daniel Levy reportedly making a strong push behind the scenes, the North London club are eager to bring Dibling to N17 ...

Dramatic ice melt due to climate change may move the locations of Earth's geographic poles in the coming years, a new study finds. As ice sheets melt and ocean mass gets redistributed around the ...

“I have deep respect for the land, its people ... previously became the youngest British female to ski to the North Pole at the age of just 15. She hoped the Baffin Island challenge would ...

Fenced by haphazard rows of bamboo and a broken power pole, inside the floor has been raised to keep it above the sea. The nearest land is two kilometers (1.24 miles) away and the closest city ...

Upon its opening in 1997, Jim Cantalupo, then McDonald's International's president and CEO, quipped, "Since this restaurant is the closest to the North Pole, we hope this will become Santa's ...

Fenced by haphazard rows of bamboo and a broken power pole, the floor inside has been raised to keep it above sea level. The nearest land is 2km away and the closest city, Demak, farther still at ...