Latest Arctic News

Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

Oct. 01, 2024 23:17 PM EDT

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Playful large white beluga whales bring joy and healing to Hudson Bay. Their happy chirps leap out in an environment and economy threatened by the warming water melting sea ice, starving polar bears and changing the entire food chain. Loud and curious belugas...

Chinese and Russian coast guard ships sail through the Bering Sea together, US says

Oct. 01, 2024 18:28 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it spotted two Russian ships and two Chinese vessels passing through the Bering Sea in formation on Saturday, in a sign of the growing cooperation between Beijing and Moscow in the Arctic. The Chinese and Russian coast guard...

Startling video shows Russian fighter jet flying within feet of US F-16 near Alaska

Sep. 30, 2024 20:45 PM EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Military officials have released new video of a startling encounter between a Russian fighter jet flying near Alaska and a U.S. Air Force F-16 sent to intercept it. In the video released Monday, the Russian plane comes from behind the camera and swoops by...