NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE The end result, says Kelly, is likely to be a tremendous, irreversible loss of genetic diversity. But even if that weren’t the case, the Arctic’s wildlife would st ...

This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the blue light of an early Arctic morning, seven wolves slid across a frozen pond, yipping and squealing and ...

This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sergey Zimov, right, and his son, Nikita, run an Arctic research station in Cherskiy, Russia, along the Kolyma River.

PHOTOGRAPH BY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVEWORKS Photographers need to pay attention to a few special items. I recommend waterproof ice-climbing gloves, which are dexterous for most Arctic weather ...

Their unusual story began about a hundred years ago. Now, as they head to the high north, an ambitious new chapter is being ...

Having written for National Geographic, I felt like a star on the ... Fair warning — being near the arctic, the weather can get pretty dicey and the ocean swells are massive.