As the first, frigid Arctic winds are beginning to wrap wintry tentacles around the Chicago area, they are coming from the frozen north with some surprising tips on how to cope with the cold: Turn ...

Adami Sakiagak, his tongue poking out of the side of his mouth in concentrated effort, trimmed the edges on a block of snow above his head. Ice crystals cascaded around him as the block settled into ...

One of the classic symbols of winter is the igloo. Because Santa lives in the Arctic, you will sometimes see igloos in the Santa story as well. And igloos show up in cartoons all the time. But all of ...

Astrophotographer Ted Wolfe looks up at the night sky through telescopes from his home in Southwest Florida and photographs it through specialized cameras. His pictures of colliding galaxies, dying ...

We are part of The Trust Project. KANGIQSUJUAQ, Quebec - Adami Sakiagak, his tongue poking out of the side of his mouth in concentrated effort, trimmed the edges on a block of snow above his head. Ice ...

IT was in early October that for the first time in my life I saw the sea congeal, saw the moving waters freeze and petrify in waves, in ridges, and in hollows. There are many people round the world ...

ARCTIC ADVENTURE—Peter Freuchen— Farrar & Rinehart ($3.50). IVALU — Peter Freuchen — Furman ($2.50). With the South Seas, Africa and the Arabian Desert well exploited recently as lands of legends and ...

Igloo construction is something anyone can learn to do. Indeed, during his two years studying arctic survival skills from the Netsilik tribe of Inuit on King William Island, polar explorer Roald ...