On an afternoon in late October, I was supposed to meet Laura Alice Watt for coffee in the vicinity of Dyrafjordur, a fjord in Iceland’s remote and majestic Westfjords.

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The speed at which glaciers move changes predictably each year, according to the first-ever global map of how glacier and ice sheet speeds vary with the seasons. Knowing this yearly rhythm could help ...

We dug through hundreds of Black Friday and Cyber Monday travel deals and put together a list of the best airline, hotel, cruise, and luggage sales for 2025.

Notable: Hegseth did not dispute the account; but he did call the Post’s reporting “fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory, ...

There are a lot of misconceptions about the Arctic, from the whole concept of the North Pole, to the number of penguins who ...

The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

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An Alaska Native corporation leased mineral rights inside a national park to Contango Ore Inc. The company’s plans are ...

While tourists flock to Denali and cruise ships parade through the Inside Passage, Wood-Tikchik quietly exists in southwestern Alaska as a paradise that time and travel influencers seem to have ...

When people think of Alaska’s natural wonders, they typically picture Denali’s towering peak or the glacier-carved fjords of Kenai. Meanwhile, Wood-Tikchik sits in the southwestern part of the state, ...