Carrying a rifle and keeping an alcohol-ration card are a few things that surprised me about living in Longyearbyen, the northernmost town on Earth.

Moments later, a bear galloped away from town, with a patrol unit ... the village of Kaktovik in northern Alaska. They had the opposite problem — so many polar bears that no one dared go outside.

This remote archipelago, located in the Arctic Ocean between mainland Norway and the North Pole, is home to the world's northernmost town ... the streets and polar bear warnings — it couldn ...

Because we live near polar bears, I'm encouraged to carry a rifle whenever I leave town. I've always been drawn ... and parts of Alaska and Greenland — surrounding the north geomagnetic pole.

Winter — the season of snowflakes, frosty air, and hot chocolate. While some people love the wonderland that comes with the ...

Guests on this bucket list adventure will see massive icebergs and the largest fjord system in the world; spot Arctic wildlife such as polar bears, seals and muskoxen; cross the Arctic Circle twice; ...

Shutterstock Extraordinary is a regular Tuesday here. Utqiagvik in Alaska is America’s North Pole. We’re talking midnight sun ...

When two schoolteachers living in Point Lay, Alaska, decided to try heading home in a blizzard, they nearly loose their way ...

In 1978 he published his first book, “Doug Lindstrand’s Alaskan Sketchbook,” which went on to have 13 editions.

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