Arctic

Storing the world’s knowledge digitally online makes it vulnerable to being lost in a disaster. As a backup, GitHub has now archived 21 TB of public open source data and buried it in a vault in the Arctic in an effort to preserve it for 1,000 years.

The Arctic Bath has finally opened in Swedish Lapland. The circular hotel floats on a river and provides visitors with a luxury getaway that includes a restaurant, spa, and a plunge into the icy water.

Dorte Mandrup has been chosen to create a new visitors center in northern Norway. Named The Whale, the building will rise out of the landscape like a small hill and offer visitors a choice spot to watch migrating whales pass by.

​The firm behind Europe's first underwater restaurant has shared designs for an energy-positive hotel in the Arctic Circle, the first of its kind. Snøhetta's sustainable Svart hotel takes advantage of its spectacular surroundings by hosting guests in a ring-shaped structure with panoramic views.

​​There are lots of cool ways to check out the magnificent Northern Lights, but they might not come any cooler than Sweden's soon-to-be opened Arctic Bath, a sister retreat to the country's Treehouse hotel.

If you wanted to design a shelter that's stripped down to the absolute minimum, you could do worse than the Nomadic Shelter, a modular shelter that sleeps up to 12 people. It's currently installed on the Norwegian island of Sandhornøy, in the Arctic Circle.

February 11 marked the two-year anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite. To celebrate the occasion, the team has released a vast composite image that stretches unbroken from Sweden to British Columbia.

Last August we heard about the Baltika, a rather clever icebreaker that can temporarily increase its frontal area by traveling sideways into the ice. At the time, it was still under construction, and the only images available were renderings. Now, however, it's complete and has begun sea trials.

The NB 508 icebreaker will be able to increase its frontal area, thanks to an asymmetric hull and the ability to move through the ice at an oblique angle.

NASA scientists have unleashed a new robot named GROVER on the arctic terrain of Greenland to demonstrate that its ability to operate with complete autonomy while collecting data on snow and ice using ground-penetrating radar.

So purpose-built that they're almost unseaworthy on the open waves, nuclear icebreakers are a fascinating solution to a specific problem - and the new class of double acting reversible ships that will replace them are just as interesting.

Scientists are using a Scan Eagle UAV and image recognition software to track seals on the diminishing Arctic ice cap.