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Ilulissat, Greenland

Ilulissat Icefjord Center

A remote Arctic museum focusing on the science of icebergs and the archaeology of an ancient Inuit settlement which lies just outside its doors.
Remains of whalers' wooden coffins and gravestones at Smeerenburg, in the northwest region of the Svalbard Archipelago.
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Svalbard's Lonely Whaler Graves Included Burial Kits With Pieces of Distant Homes

For centuries, the cruel industry decimated entire whale species—and claimed countless human lives. Whalers arrived prepared for their own deaths.
Nicky Nielsen April 17, 2024
Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Maritime Museum

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.
Annapolis, Maryland

Jeannette Monument

A memorial to an ill-fated Arctic expedition pursued by the U.S. Navy.
HMS <em>Terror</em>, depicted here in an anonymous drawing, and HMS <em>Erebus</em> were locked in ice for over a year. All hands were lost.
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'Terror Camp' Could Be a Glimpse of the Future of Fandom and Scholarship

“It’s academia that feels criminally fun!”
Elizabeth Minkel January 30, 2024
Arctic reindeer deal with weeks of total darkness in the winter and full sun in the summer by overriding their circadian rhythm.
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Reindeer Can Sleep and Chew (Their Cud) at the Same Time

To make it through the long, cold Arctic winters, reindeer can get their beauty sleep while they stock up on calories.
Roxanne Hoorn December 22, 2023
Arctic–Alpine Botanic Garden
Tromsø, Norway

Arctic–Alpine Botanic Garden

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.
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This Arctic Ichthyosaur Should Not Exist

A marine reptile fossil from Svalbard challenges ideas about evolution and Earth’s greatest mass extinction.
Gemma Tarlach March 21, 2023
Made by fermenting tiny seabirds inside a seal carcass, kiviaq is a special dish among the Inughuit.
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Inside Greenland's Misunderstood Winter Delicacy

Kiviaq, a mainstay on many "weird foods" lists, is an incredible feat of fermentation and cultural touchstone.
Mark Hay March 7, 2023
When polar bears like this mom and cub wander into Churchill, a small town in a remote northern corner of Canada, they might just end up in "polar bear jail."
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Inside Canada's Polar Bear Jail

The holding facility helps bears and people safely coexist in the remote northern town.
Lina Zeldovich March 2, 2023
The Arctic is littered with tiny "islands" that appear and then vanish—for a century, scientists have been trying to figure out why.
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In 1931, Scientists Hunted Ghost Islands in the Arctic With a Zeppelin

The recent discovery of the world's northernmost "island" recalls the groundbreaking work of the international Polarfahrt team more than 90 years ago.
Kevin Hamilton September 13, 2022
The Sahara? Nope. Bunge Land, a geological curiosity north of Siberia, at the edge of the Laptev Sea.
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The Curious Case of the Arctic Desert Island That's Not Actually an Island

No one is sure how this geological oddity got there.
Gemma Tarlach May 31, 2022
A satellite image from March 7, 2022, shows swirls of sea ice that resemble smoke—or a spectral apparition—against the deep blue North Atlantic.
science

The Wild and Wonderful Whorls of Brash Ice

Wandering currents and spring thaws make sea ice in East Greenland look like curls of smoke.
Gemma Tarlach April 8, 2022
The Arctic hare BBYY traveled more than 240 miles during a seven-week period in 2019.
science

What Energized This Arctic Hare to Keep Going and Going and Going?

The animal known as BBYY traveled hundreds of miles, breaking records and shattering expectations.
Gemma Tarlach February 1, 2022
cemeteries

Podcast: Beechey Island Graves Part 2

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team December 30, 2021
cemeteries

Podcast: Beechey Island Graves Part 1

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team December 29, 2021
Researchers took samples from the new island during a July 2020 expedition.
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The Northernmost Island in the World Was Just Discovered by Accident

It remains to be seen whether it will stick around.
Sarah Durn September 8, 2021
Part of a portable nuclear power plant arrives at Camp Century in 1960.
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The U.S. Army Tried Portable Nuclear Power at Remote Bases 60 Years Ago

It didn't go well.
Paul Bierman August 30, 2021