Yuri Rytkheu, the best known of Chukchi writers, was born in 1930 to a family of hunters and trappers, in Uelen, a village on the coast of what is now Russia’s Chukotka Peninsula. He studied ...

Hanna Shoal, a region of shallow water in the remote Chukchi Sea that President Barack Obama last week put off limits to oil leasing, has long been known as a biological hot spot in the icy Arctic ...

The Chukchi is among the most pristine marine environments in the world, providing habitat for a wide range of protected species, including walruses, ringed seals and the spectacled eider, ...

Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> is seeking permission to extend its Arctic drilling season as it struggles with the logistics of exploring untapped oil reserves beneath icy waters off Alaska.

China's 13th Arctic Ocean Scientific Expedition Team arrived at its first operation station in the Chukchi Sea on the afternoon of July 26 Beijing time after 15 days at sea, officially starting ...

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Underhill, Vivian R 1 ; Wood, Kevin R 2 ; Mahoney, Andy 3. 1 University of Colorado, Environmental Sciences Department 2 Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean 3 University of ...

Polar bear numbers in the Chukchi Sea between Russia and Alaska have climbed to 3,000 (but climate change could still starve them to death) Polar bears are listed as a threatened species because ...

If Royal Dutch Shell resumes exploration drilling in Alaska’s offshore Arctic waters, it will do so only in the Chukchi Sea, the company’s chief financial officer said Thursday. “We have not ...

Even though the Chukchi Sea polar bear population has fared better than others in the rapidly warming Arctic environment, the animals are getting more exposure to disease pathogens, a new study shows.