A barren white plain of ice and snow ... has been more affected by climate change than the Arctic. Permafrost is thawing, and the land is greening, as tree lines creep north and shrubs and grasses ...

when military officials realized the Arctic was a vulnerable access point. - 'Most hostile threat' - "Having people from the area who know the land and the hazards, especially in the barren lands ...

Located in Nunavut's Buffin Bay, it is the largest uninhabited island in the world and one of the largest of the Arctic Archipelago ... as a polar desert, with barren mountains rising above ...

The initial arming of the Arctic began after the Second World War. The barren, sparsely populated ... compete man for man against the Soviets in a land-based war in Europe. Their counteroffensive ...

Far in the Arctic North lies the barren and desolate Hans Island. The uninhabited, half square mile of land, possessing no apparent natural resources, is a bizarre sliver of territory for two ...