The Arctic is home to pristine artifacts. A few archeologists are rushing to find them, and the critical clues they can offer modern culture, before climate change destroys them forever.

This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the blue light of an early Arctic morning ... Is the measure of an animal’s wildness equal to the distance ...

National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric ... Ikummaq tells me the names for a few Arctic animals. An aarluk—“kills everything”—is a killer whale; a tingugliktuq—“bad liver, ...

Antarctica or the Arctic? Sue Halliwell compares both places as polar travel destinations. They may look alike, but as travel ...

Photographing in the Arctic involves ... are such photographed animals that I found getting close and intimate gave me the best images. PHOTOGRAPH BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVEWORKS On the ...

This story appears in the November 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... by challenges that would turn other animals aside. An arctic tern on its way from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska ...

But at National Geographic’s request ... A few hundred beavers won’t reengineer the Arctic. But the animals may be heading north in Canada and Siberia too, and they reproduce quickly.

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Swells of Siberian tundra roll north toward the Arctic Ocean; a reindeer herd grazes on a distant crest.

This story appears in the April 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... halfway between Norway and the North Pole, a flock of arctic terns soar and wheel in the perpetual daylight.

Great horned owls are adaptable birds and live from the Arctic to South America ... and use their powerful talons to kill and carry animals several times heavier than themselves.

This article is adapted from Joel Sartore’s new book, Vanishing, published by National Geographic Books. Joel Sartore has been photographing animals for his Photo Ark project for 13 years.

Photos from this obsession earned him recognition early on in his career, including been named a National Geographic Young Explorer and the Youth Outdoor Photographer of the Year. Bertie's goal is ...