It’s well established that Viking explorers made it to North America hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus. Recently discovered evidence, however, indicates Norse sailors weren’t only the ...
This article first appeared in print in the Stars and Stripes Global edition, Jan. 15, 2015. It is republished unedited in its original form. THULE AIR BASE, Greenland — On a bitter late September day ...
Two tourists from Turkey were in Arctic Bay to document the effects of climate change and to photograph polar bears in the Nunavut territory recently, but wound up in hot water with the locals when ...
IQALUIT, Nunavut Territory (AP) -- Simon Nattaq lost both feet to frostbite when his snowmobile crashed through the ice, made thin by rising Arctic temperatures. All his gear plunged into the water ...
This article is from Hakai Magazine, a new online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. The air is calm this Arctic morning as ...
In Medieval Europe, there was an enormous demand for elite products, among them - walrus ivory. With the Vikings playing a vital part in the ivory trade, this drove the Norse expansion into the north ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Nungusuituq prints of Inuit life, image #, NMAI.AC.230; National Museum of the American Indian ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Nungusuituq prints of Inuit life, image #, NMAI.AC.230; National Museum of the American Indian ...