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If you're looking to make plans, we've got you covered! Things To Do rounds up local events happening this week in Fall River ...
The coldest country in the world offers a remote destination with rewarding experiences of northern lights viewing, polar ...
It’s a true Canadian adventure, taking explorers to the very heart of polar bear country.This one-of-a-kind tour journeys to the northern Manitoba town of Churchill, where polar bears can outnumber ...
It starts with Pytheas, a Greek astronomer, who sailed far enough in the 320s BC to see the Northern Lights. It then describes the many efforts of European cartographers in the 1600s and 1700s to ...
Polar bears used to outnumber people, but the bears’ population has declined steeply in recent years. The Canadian government’s 2021 count came up with 618 bears, indicating there are 50% ...
If you’re lucky enough to see a polar bear at the zoo, you will instantly fall in love. These majestic creatures are beautiful. They have black skin and clear fur that appears white. They live in ...
The psychedelic light show that paints the night sky with multicolored neon streams, scientifically known as the aurora borealis, is an experience worth chasing for many. For the best chance of seeing ...
Le Commandant Charcot, the toughest expedition cruise vessel ever built, is taking me somewhere few humans have ever gone: the North Pole. And despite a few shudders, it's doing it with relative ease.
Named after northern polar lights, Aurora is one of a set of twins born Nov. 25, 2006, at the Toledo Zoo. Her twin, Anana, was euthanized in 2022 after a period of declining health.
Contrary to popular belief, the severity of enduring Polar Nights isn't the hardest part about living in Svalbard for Blomdahl. Rather, it's the opposite: Polar Days (and polar bears, too).
In May, Canfor Corp. announced the permanent closure of its Polar sawmill in Bear Lake, and the suspension of its planned reinvestment in its Houston mill, which it had shuttered in 2023.
It was our first polar bear sighting. Its wide, sandy paw prints on the opposite side of Cuming Inlet reminded us that we shouldn’t get too close to the apex predator of the Arctic.