It was foggy with a high probability of polar bears the morning we anchored off desolate Beechey Island and held our breath waiting to hear whether it was safe to go to shore. The tension mounted over breakfast for those who had sailed from Greenland to Nunavut with the dream of seeing the place where Sir John Franklin’s doomed Northwest Passage expedition spent the winter of 1845-1846, and where three of his men are buried.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore temporarily closed a stretch of beach due to substantial post-storm beach erosion and strong smell of fuel.

The Bears Ears in southeastern Utah are iconic landforms that have leapt to the American consciousness in an epic battle over how public lands should be used.

Many units of the National Park System that closed due to storm Idalia have either reopened or announced plans to reopen Friday.