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).
How One Alaskan Community Is Attempting to Adapt to Climate Change
By Madeline Ostrander
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?
What One Magnificent Predator Can Show Us About the Arctic's Future
By T. Edward Nickens
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.
Breaking the Ice: Survival Lessons from a Changing Arctic
By McKenzie Funk
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.