This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.

The amount of springtime sea ice in the Arctic set a record low this month, continuing a trend of shrinking ice at the top of ...

The winter growth period for sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is now over, with levels at a record low. The winter ice extent on ...

Typically, sometime in March every year at the end of the long Arctic winter, the maximum of Arctic sea ice extent is reached ...

The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and Ice Data Center said the peak measurement taken Saturday was 5.53 million ...

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colo., recently announced Arctic Sea ice reached its maximum extent ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

These dust-heavy clouds then disappear more quickly and leave more Arctic ice exposed, hastening the melt. "The sea ice north of Greenland had a giant opening in it in the summer months," says ...

Specifically, March sea ice extent in the Arctic this month was the lowest ... Sea ice is frozen ocean water that has an annual cycle of melting during the summer and refreezing in winter.