On this 5th leg of our Northwest Passage attempt we sail northwards from Nome, across the Arctic Circle, and to Utqiagvik, into the Iñupiaq lands and to the northernmost point of USA!

The polar vortex will be back in the news again soon, so how will it impact our weather? A split polar vortex brought on the ...

A few atmospheric factors — including the polar vortex — have come together to make the US the epicenter of cold this winter. One is a weather pattern around the Arctic Circle that has emerged ...

According to the Severe Weather Europe website—an online resource of global weather forecasts—a mass of cold air, spurred by the polar vortex, has been forecast to move over Canada and the northern ...

The polar vortex is area of fast-moving winds well above the Earth’s surface and the jet stream that circle the Arctic during the Northern Hemisphere’s coldest months. When it’s strong ...