Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Growing up in Canada, I always considered the Arctic part of my ...

The Arctic Circle cuts across eight countries at roughly 66° north latitude. Everything above that line offers midnight sun in summer, polar night in winter, and landscapes that feel like they belong ...

I'm a reformed winter-hater. I grew up in a beach town in the U.S. where summer reigned supreme. And I, like so many others, used to bemoan the changing seasons as the nights got longer and the ...

The aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) is a mesmerizing natural phenomenon that occurs in the northernmost ...