The National Geographic Endurance is a comfortable base for explorations in icy waters, whether in the Arctic or in the ...

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Three environmental organisations in the US have filed a suit that challenges US Fish and Wildlife Service regulations that allow oil and gas activities in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent coastal plains ...

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This photo provided by the United States Geological Survey shows a female Pacific walrus resting, Sept. 19, 2013 in Point Lay, Alaska. (Ryan Kingsbery/U.S. Geological Survey via AP) COPENHAGEN, ...