AT the icy edge of the Arctic, a Cold War-era military outpost has once again been thrust into the spotlight — this time by ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The enormous C-17 Globemaster, the mainstay of the Air Force’s transport fleet, often has trouble operating in cold ...

Rarely in the news, the Arctic has returned to the spotlight following the return of Donald Trump as US president. But who owns this polar region, and why is it so important to Arctic nations?

As President Trump talks about U.S. dominance of the Arctic, Canada says it will spend billions to defend the region, ...

We use imaginary lines to help locate where a place is in the world. the Arctic Circle (the North Pole) the Antarctic Circle (the South Pole) the Tropic of Cancer the Tropic of Capricorn and the ...

Located on an island above the Arctic Circle, between Norway and the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault plays a ...

Polar Escapes launches a new website allowing travellers to search, compare, and book the largest selection of polar cruises and tours in one ...

The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S. Department of Defense's northernmost installation.