From its origins—roller-skate wheels attached to a wooden board—the skateboard has given rise to a vibrant culture of art, music, and sport. Used by surfers when there were no waves to ride, the ...

If you thought figure skating—the act of throwing yourself into the air and spinning above a sheet of ice with sharpened blades on your feet—looked like one of sport’s more reckless ...

Skaters are required to change lanes once during each lap because the inner lane of the speed skating oval covers a shorter distance than the outer lane. The lane-change takes place when a skater ...

Something big is happening to Earth’s climate, and the polar regions hold the key to understanding it. Join top scientists on the hunt for clues that tell a surprising story about our planet’s ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

But have you ever wondered what plants and animals live in a polar habitatand how they survive in the cold? Well, wrap up warm, we're off to the Arctic Circle to find out! Brrr… It looks really ...

I traveled to Antarctica with Viva Expeditions, a tour company specializing in the polar regions of the world. I set sail on an expedition-style ... and glass-like it felt like you could step right ...

Required number of polar icebreakers. A 2023 Coast Guard fleet mix analysis concluded that the service will require a total of eight to nine polar icebreakers, including four to five heavy polar ...

As the Arctic warms, polar bears face a growing risk of contracting viruses, bacteria and parasites that they were less likely to encounter just 30 years ago, research has revealed. In a study ...

China does continue to view the Arctic as an emerging area of political, economic and security interest, and perceives the Polar Silk Road, which includes the expansion of local economic ...

The Polar Express offers the experience of a train ... decorating gingerbread with Mother Christmas, ice skating, and meeting the man in red himself, Father Christmas, are just some of the ...

“Russia advocates the broadest possible international discussion on the parameters of interaction in the emerging multi-polar world, and is open to discussing issues of building a new world ...