During the Cold War, the U.S. considered stationing nuclear missiles under the ice sheet in Greenland -- and never told ...

James Cheshire receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. The late 1940s and early 1950s were a golden age for polar mapmaking in the US. Major magazines such as Time, Life and ...

Strange shapes under the ice revealed a secret frozen in time. Radar scans over Greenland uncovered an abandoned Cold War facility built for nuclear conflict. This video uncovers what Camp Century was ...

After the Cold War ended, our terror of nuclear war faded from the screen. Now it’s resurgent — and more fatalistic than ever. By Trevor Quirk In 1964, the ...

What a difference a year makes. Last January, as Donald Trump stormed back into the White House, spoiling for a trade war and backed by an army of credentialed China hawks, it seemed a pretty safe bet ...

Some forty years ago, the U.S. launched a series of secret satellites, designed to spy on the country’s adversaries. Launched between March 1971 and February 1987, those satellite missions, nicknamed ...

“People thought I would use force,” President Trump said on Jan. 21 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, referring to his threats to annex Denmark’s Greenland. “I don’t have to use force. I don’t ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during a summit meeting, Jan. 19, 2026. Strengthening partnerships with countries like Italy will be ...

Six hours into a routine patrol mission over the Arctic, smoke began filling the cockpit of a B-52 Stratofortress carrying four hydrogen bombs. Captain John Haug and his crew fought to reach Thule Air ...

Tourists braved biting cold to witness the rare winter spectacle of partially frozen Niagara Falls, as sub-zero temperatures turned the iconic landmark into a dramatic expanse of ice, snow and ...

A historic cold front brought record-breaking low temperatures to South Florida on Sunday, with parts of Miami and West Palm Beach reaching their coldest marks in over 100 years. Temperatures dipped ...

A storm Sunday blanketed Connecticut in snow and brought in arctic cold. CT restaurateur dreamed of opening a steakhouse. He did it and customers say ‘we truly love’ it. CT restaurateur dreamed of ...