Explorer and author Stephan Kesting shares the biggest lessons he learned on a 1,000 mile solo canoe trip in the remote Arctic after a life-saving kidney transplant.

In his new book, 'Perseverance', Stephan Kesting reveals how he survived a six-week solo trip in the subarctic, and what he learned about himself along the way.

The researchers discovered tiny silica structures, called phytoliths, which form in plant tissues. These fossils were found ...

A new study by Connecticut College provides strong evidence that palm trees once thrived in subarctic Canada, reshaping scientific understanding of past Arctic climates. Professor Peter Siver's ...

Researchers from the University of Padua in Italy found a juniper at Utsjoki in Finnish Lapland, which they analyzed to be 1,647 years old by examining the annual rings. The paper is published in the ...

But no roads or trails lead into this massive park made up of rough subarctic forest, tundra, muskeg, and part of North America’s largest expanse of peat bog, which shelters one of the largest ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known juniper shrub in Finland, and it’s an incredible 1,647 years old!

Värriö Subarctic Research Station was founded in 1967 and belongs to the Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) at the University of Helsinki. It is located in the Värriö strict ...

The common is the more widespread species of the 2, usually inhabiting subarctic forest during the summer and frequenting seed feeders in southern Canada and northern United States during the ...