January - February 2016 Issue

December 31, 2015 — After decades, a long-sought conservation victory is truly within reach.

December 31, 2015 — The Iñupiat use portable houses and sandbags to shield themselves from rising waters and melting permafrost, but can they save their culture?

December 31, 2015 — It's great that the energy giant pulled out of the Arctic Ocean. But let’s still stay vigilant.

December 31, 2015 — Oil spills, climate change, fishing, shipping routes—threats facing Arctic seabirds are vast, and hard to track.

December 31, 2015 — Audubon Alaska's executive director talks to us about the wonders of migration, and how to make the Arctic safer for birds.

December 31, 2015 — In Edel Rodriguez's replica, icy blank space takes a seabird's place.

December 31, 2015 — Staring at the Earth from outer space is captivating—until you realize you're probably marveling at destruction.

December 31, 2015 — Start off 2016 with a rustic winter carnival, a weekend-long fete on the coast, and more.

December 31, 2015 — Take a look—life at the top of the planet will never be the same.

December 31, 2015 — Scientists are scaling the cliffs of Alaska's Seward Peninsula to stop the mighty Gyrfalcon from losing more ground to climate change.

December 30, 2015 — As temperatures rise and sea ice melts, our intrepid correspondent heads north to watch scientists test technologies to better understand the Arctic.

December 08, 2015 — A months-long investigation shows how the energy giant pressured the Interior Department during the company's gung-ho Arctic push—and got most of what it wanted (except oil).