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One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels.
'Tis the season to plan your holiday vacation or start thinking about next year's festive getaway.
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What on Earth would drive a man to swim in Arctic waters wearing nothing but Speedos, goggles and a cap?
It would be easy to mistake the latest innovation in energy storage for a humble piece of paper.
One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels.
'Tis the season to plan your holiday vacation or start thinking about next year's festive getaway.
For a few suspenseful minutes on Aug. 1, complete darkness will engulf the midday sun in northern Canada, Russia, Mongolia and China. It's the next complete solar eclipse, and there's one small business owner who really, really wants to take you there.
"I AM" is a new CNN.com feature built on the belief that the labels we use for one another don't really reveal who we are.
There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says
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.
For the new wave of high-end, global concierge services like Quintessentially, no request is too small -- or too large
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.
A vast underground vault storing millions of seeds from around the world took delivery of its first shipment Tuesday.
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An esteemed explorer and environmentalist, Will Steger will make a 1,400-mile dogsled trip across the Arctic next month, at 64. And he'll bring cameras, so we can watch
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