living conditions in the polar regions are harsh: very low temperatures, violently strong winds, ground often frozen solid, alternation between long nights ...

Human beings have always used the resources of the polar regions. In the distant past, this was limited to indigenous peoples, who lived in the Arctic and ...

Though there appears to be less life in the polar regions than, say, anywhere else you can think of or imagine, there are in fact highly complex ecosystems ...

It only became possible for people to advance northward after the large ice sheets had melted around 13,000 to 14,000 years ago. The hunters and gatherers thus ...

There are approximately 1.5 million people living in the Arctic, indigenous and non-indigenous, spread out over eight countries: Canada, the United States ...

Find out what it's like to be a scientist or support team member living and working in the polar regions. Discover the excitement and challenges of life.

Living in such a severe climate is very tough: archaeological studies suggest that human habitation of arctic regions was often transient, with many settlements ...

The Arctic is home to almost four million people today – Indigenous people, more recent arrivals, hunters and herders living on the land, and city dwellers.

26 нояб. 2018 г. · A major health disparity in the Arctic is the high rate of suicide, especially among young men, when compared with the populations in other ...

Natives adapted in two primary ways: the dog-sled and snow-shoes. Like the Plains natives, the Dene and Inuit often made use of one or two animals in ...