Archaeologists Identify Franklin Expedition Captain Who Became Food for His Crew

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Artist's rendition of sailors abandoning the HMS Terror

See photos of the US Navy's rare blue nose tradition, which may also be its strangest

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The icebreaker SS Manhattan crushes through pack ice
The icebreaker SS Manhattan crushes through pack ice in the M'Clure Strait in the northwest territories of Canada.

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I'm a US Army sniper in the Arctic, a beast of a place that can chew up even the strongest soldiers

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Staff Sgt. Phillip Cho holding a sniper rifle.
Cho told Business Insider the Arctic can be an challenging beast, but soldiers can thrive in it like any other environment.

Staff Sgt. Phillip Cho

Navy SEALs on snowmobiles raced across the frozen Arctic to link up with an attack sub that broke the ice during a special ops first

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SEALs and Norwegian Naval Special Operations Commandos retrieve an air dropped package from a C-130 Hercules assigned to the 109th Airlift Wing, part of the New York Air National Guard.

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The US military doesn't have the icebreakers to compete in the Arctic and is 'severely outnumbered' by Russia, commander warns

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Polar Start icebreaker
CGC POLAR STAR plows through ice in Antarctic waters. The Polar Star is currently the United States' only operational heavy icebreaker.

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The US Army has its eyes on the Arctic and is readying soldiers for the cold, unforgiving wastes that could be their next battlefield

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U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Ramirez, assigned to 5th Squadron, 1st Calvary Regiment, pulls security during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 18, 2024.
U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Ramirez, assigned to 5th Squadron, 1st Calvary Regiment, pulls security during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 18, 2024.

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We Might Be Just a Few Years Away From an Ice-Free Arctic

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The Arctic may become ice-free for the first time on a late August or early September day in the 2020s to 2030s, 10 years earlier than expected, a shocking new study finds.

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US soldiers say running high-stress artillery ops deep in the ever-changing Arctic is unlike anywhere else

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Charlie Battery, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin National Guard, responded to a simulated chemical response event at Camp Grayling, Mich. Jan. 25, 2022.
Charlie Battery, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin National Guard, responded to a simulated chemical response event at Camp Grayling, Mich. Jan. 25, 2022.

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US Army attack helicopters are making 150-mile deep strike runs in the Arctic, where pilots grapple with frozen equipment and whiteout landings

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U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (ARB) prepare for flight on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, January 13, 2019.
U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters assigned to 1st Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (ARB) prepare for flight on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, January 13, 2019.

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The US Army is breeding a new kind of Arctic warrior by 'testing the mettle of the human' in frigid, freezing Alaska, commander says

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, move to their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb. 15, 2024.
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, move to their objective outside of Utqiagvik, Alaska as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Training Center 24-02, Feb.
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