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I live without sunlight for months in the northernmost town on Earth. Here's what a day in my life looks like.
I've been obsessed with the Arctic since I spontaneously joined a sailing expedition around Spitsbe…
Eveline Lunde
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NATO's northernmost members are preparing for an undersea showdown with Russia
Russia's ground forces have taken heavy losses in Ukraine, but its navy is still mostly intact and …
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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I live in the northernmost town on Earth. Here are 8 surprising things about living here.
Located on the archipelago of Svalbard, Longyearbyen is a small town with around 2,300 residents. I…
Eveline Lunde
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I live without sunlight for months in the northernmost town on Earth. Here's what a day in my life looks like.
On this day, I looked over the town from the summit of Platåfjellet.Anja Nordvaalen
Eveline Lunde
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The famous Alaska Railroad turns 100 this year. Here's what it's like to ride to North America's northernmost train station
Conductor and clerk welcome passengers aboard an Alaska Railroad train.John Greim/LightRocket via G…
Bianca Giacobone
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What life is like on Norway's rugged Svalbard Islands, where anyone can move without a visa
If you've always wanted a taste of this Nordic joie de vivre, you're in luck: while there are a few…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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At the US's northernmost point, the Air Force is training to see — and strike — in tough Arctic conditions
In January, US airmen went to northern Alaska to improve their ability gather intel and, if needed,…
Christopher Woody
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Scientists say they accidentally discovered the world's northernmost island off Greenland's coast
The scientists were initially searching for a different island off Greenland's coast and ended up d…
Mikhaila Friel
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The northernmost town in the US won't see sunlight for another 66 days — here's what it's like to live and work in Utqiagvik, Alaska
Local business owners told Insider what it's like to work in America's northernmost town in Alaska …
Hannah Towey
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Photos show what it's like in one of the world's northernmost ghost towns, where an abandoned Russian mining outpost appears frozen in time
Left: A Pyramiden local stands watch over the town, keeping an eye out for polar bears. Right: The …
Melissa Wiley
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How US Army engineers keep things working at the US's northernmost military base in the world
These ceremonies happen every few years, but what's been consistent at the base is the Army Corps' …
JoAnne Castagna, US Army Corp…
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The US Air Force teamed up with Canada to deliver supplies to the northernmost inhabited place in the world
"The US Air Force's New York Air National Guard is uniquely qualified to help us apply practical le…
Master Sgt. Jaclyn Lyons, New…
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The northernmost reaches of the Earth are on fire. Here's what this record-breaking hot summer looks like from space.
Hot and dry conditions in the Northern Hemisphere are a consequence of this unprecedented warming. …
Aylin Woodward
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At the northernmost tip of Colombia is a vast, untamed desert that juts into the Atlantic Ocean. I spent a week traveling through the area - here's what it's like.
It sounded idyllic. My mother and I were planning to go to Colombia in January 2020 to visit family…
Lisa Marion Smith
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A woman's exhausting TikTok reveals what it's like to walk a dog in the world's northernmost town, where it's dark 4 months of the year and you're likely to run into a polar bear
The Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard allows anyone from anywhere to move there indefinitely, visa-…
Sophie-Claire Hoeller
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An adventure travel company is opening an igloo hotel at the North Pole, but it'll cost you $100,000 to stay there. Here's a look at the world's northernmost hotel.
The northernmost point in the world is inhospitable and inaccessible during most of the year, so th…