Politics Russia's grand Arctic plan might get stuck in the ice The troublesome shipping on the Northern Sea Route continues into the new year. Almost three weeks after the world's most powerful icebreaker arrived in the Chukchi Sea, none of the four vessels stuck in the area have broken out of the ice.
Impacts www.hakaimagazine.com How rivers in the sky melted Antarctic ice New research is causing scientists to rethink how polynyas—massive holes in the sea ice—are formed.
