Traversing the ice-bound sea lane across the Arctic Ocean connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had long been a dream of ...

Trump’s threats of a takeover have put Greenland on the geopolitical map. At a pivotal moment, we travel to the resource-rich Arctic island to make sense of the hype ...

Qiviut, named for the Inuit word for the fine underwool of the ... to store fish on boats and the wood used to make traditional kayaks, while black concrete on the ground floor symbolizes the ...

Minnesota adventurer Lonnie Dupre has pulled sleds on skis from Canada to the North Pole and run sled dogs across the Northwest Passage. He has climbed northern mountains alone in the coldest depths ...

Intimate museums have fascinating displays on Inuit drum circles, sealskin and whalebone kayaks, tupilaks (ghoulish carved figures, traditionally set by a shaman upon one’s enemies) and much more.

One Smithsonian project for schoolchildren based on this approach is titled "Of Kayaks and Ulus." It was created largely by the National Museum of Natural History for grades seven through ten. The ...

The 12-day trip in September is on the expedition vessel Ultramarine, which hosts Inuit guides and is equipped ... explores isolated coves and archipelagos by kayak and offers possible encounters ...

To reach the geographic North Pole is to go where few have tread. Only a handful of vessels in history have ever made this ...