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The Barents Sea, also known as the Ice Sea, lies between the northern coasts of Norway and Russia, and is well above the Arctic Circle. Even for cold water purists, it’s a place of extremes. In the ...

Meteorologists perched atop the Northeast’s highest peak, known for the world’s worst weather, took advantage of recent icy conditions to engage in a rather unusual activity: subarctic surfing. After ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

Lake Michigan was the consistency of a slurpee. But that didn’t stop Pat Noyes from trying. On a below-zero day one winter not long past, with a stiff wind churning up 5-foot waves, Noyes ventured out ...

January in Upstate New York. Slabs of ice clattered in the waves on the shore of Lake Ontario. Wind raked brutally across the sand. Water temperature hovered around 40 degrees. Mellow surf day, said ...

It might officially be spring, but winter isn’t quite over for the Midwest and Northeast. And if waves come along with winter’s last gasps, it’s doubtful you’ll hear many surfers complain about a ...