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Arctic ice to vanish in summer, report says

New data released Thursday suggests that the Arctic Ocean will be "largely ice free" during summer within a decade.

Sub joining hunt for lost hero Amundsen's plane

Norway's navy announced on Monday that it will help search for the missing plane of 20th century explorer Roald Amundsen, more than 80 years after his death.

Climate changing 'faster, stronger, sooner'

Climate change is happening faster than previously predicted according to a new World Wildlife Fund report.

Time.com: Report Says Arctic Temperatures at Record Highs

Autumn temperatures in the Arctic are at record levels, the Arctic Ocean is getting warmer and less salty as sea ice melts, and reindeer herds appear to be declining, researchers reported Thursday

Time.com: 19-Sq-Mile Ice Sheet Breaks Loose

A 19-square-mile ice shelf in Canada's northern Arctic has broken away from Ellesmere Island, surprising scientists who say the floating ice shelf is another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier

Time.com: Arctic Sea Ice Nears Record Low

Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center

North Pole could be ice-free this summer, scientists say

The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September as global warming melts away Arctic sea ice, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.

Fortune: Hunting for oil beneath the ice

It's 25 below outside, and the heat in the van is busted. Randy Boyer, a burly ConocoPhillips contractor in thermal coveralls, navigates the slick ice road. "This is nothing," he says, keeping his eye on the thin red line running down the center of the road. "The other week we had a whiteout, and I was stuck in my truck for 36 hours." Right now we're some 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, and it's so white outside that the distant horizon appears to blend seamlessly into the blustery sky.

'Doomsday' seed vault opens in Norway

A vast underground vault storing millions of seeds from around the world took delivery of its first shipment Tuesday.

'Doomsday' seed vault to open in Norway

A vast underground vault storing millions of seeds from around the world is scheduled to open this week in a mountain on a remote island near the Arctic Ocean.

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