‘Everyone Benefits from a Frozen Arctic’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “The world should not, cannot, go back to business as usual without a clearer understanding and consciousness of how we live.”
A Beast for the Ages By Michael Engelhard Feature Why do we love (and fear, and kill) polar bears with so much intensity?
The Quest for the Collision Zone: An Arctic Expedition By Longreads Feature Geologists on a mission to vindicate their theory of a lost mountain range discover something even more significant buried beneath the ice.
Polar Exploration: The Story of Pain By Krista Stevens Highlight It’s -40F. Your mission? Travel 20 miles back to town on skinny skis while pulling a heavy sled over the frozen earth. Oh, by the way — you have 72 hours or you fail the exam.
A Whale Hunt on Facebook By Pam Mandel Highlight Anti-whaling activists target an Arctic subsistence hunter after a whale hunt gets media coverage.