Every outdoor enthusiast, hunter, backpacker and birder knows there are only a few places left in this country that remind us of what true wildness feels like — where you can stand on an open ridge ...

Maps are enthralling, but geologic maps stand out even more. The cartography of rocks are a hint to stories untold, of cataclysms past and lands lost beneath the seas. A new map of geology under the ...

I climb a silent hilltop, pausing to take in 360-degree views of the lonely green Arctic Coastal Plain. A spectral ptarmigan strutting through the fog is the only sign of life. Called Engigstciak ...

On a flat map, Greenland looks like a lonely white expanse at the top of the world. On the right projections, it jumps out as the hinge between North America, Europe and the Arctic Ocean, a place ...