It’s Christmas Eve, and Santa is suiting up for his annual voyage from the North Pole to Households around the world.

NORAD’s Santa tracker is a Christmas tradition that’s become nearly global in scope.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD is launching its Santa Tracker.

Beryl regained hurricane strength over the weekend after a short downgrade to a tropical storm as it weakened over land.

The Rescue Mission is asking for your help to give kids a Christmas miracle.

Typhoon Mawar was a Category 4 super typhoon with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph or greater when it crossed the northern tip of Guam on Wednesday night.

With help from donors and volunteers, the Rescue Mission served more than 500 kids this year

Dead and dying seabirds collected on the coasts of the northern Bering and southern Chukchi seas over the past six years reveal how the Arctic’s fast-changing climate is threatening the ecosystems and people who live there.

The United States Postal Service - Processing & Distribution Center is like the North Pole this time of year, sans the man in the red suit.

Gather the kids and let the Christmas excitement begin!

The Roanoke Rescue Mission is making sure children in need have something under the tree this year through its annual North Pole program.

ROANOKE, Va. – Santa’s Workshop held in downtown Roanoke on Saturday as a part of the 25 Days of Dickens. He couldn’t be there in person because of the coronavirus pandemic but was live from the North Pole for one-on-one Zoom calls with the kids. Organizers hope the event can kickstart support for local businesses. We got decorations all over the building, all over downtown. Downtown Roanoke is following all COVID-19 guidelines to make sure everyone stays safe.

HOT SPRINGS, Va. – Kids love sending mail to the North Pole at Christmas, but now some children are putting their stamp on mail heading out of this world. It’s a place to step back in time, but one featured activity will be stepping into the future: postcards to space! I love space!’ I just love thinking about like what’s all up there,” said 7th grader, Brooke Hess. We carried 23 payloads today including thousands of postcards from kids all over the world for @ClubforFuture. The idea of postcards to space is certainly thinking outside the box.

Ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to its second lowest level on record this summer, triggered by global warming along with natural forces, U.S. scientists reported Monday. The extent of ice-covered ocean at the North Pole and extending further south to Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia reached its summertime low of 1.4 million square miles (3.7 million square kilometers) last week before starting to grow again. Arctic sea ice reaches its low point in September and its high in March after the winter. This year's melt is second only to 2012, when the ice shrank to 1.3 million square miles (3.4 million square kilometers), according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, which has been keeping satellite records since 1979. In the 1980s, the ice cover was about 1 million square miles (2.7 million square kilometers) bigger than current summer levels.

BERLIN A German icebreaker carrying scientists on a year-long international expedition in the high Arctic has reached the North Pole, after making an unplanned detour there due to lighter-than-usual sea ice conditions. Expedition leader Markus Rex said Wednesday the RV Polarstern was able to reach the geographic North Pole because of large openings in sea ice above Greenland, where shipping would normally be too difficult. The mushy ice conditions the Polarstern encountered this year provide further evidence of the warming that scientists say is taking place in the Arctic. The MOSAiC expedition involves scientists from 17 nations, including the United States, France, Russia and China. The coronavirus pandemic almost caused the mission to be cut short, as travel restrictions made resupply and crew rotations difficult.

Steam billows from a locomotive as The Polar Express departs for the "North Pole" under the watch of conductor Jerry Angier, Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Portland, Maine. The annual holiday journey is staffed mostly by volunteers and is the largest annual fundraiser for the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)Here's your look at highlights from the weekly AP photo report, a gallery featuring a mix of front-page photography, the odd image you might have missed and lasting moments our editors think you should see. This week's gallery includes a train departing for the “North Pole” from Portland, Maine; President Donald Trump in Michigan and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in Washington on the day of the impeachment vote; and a long exposure photo of a space capsule test from Cape Canaveral, Fla.___This gallery contains photos from the week of Dec. 14-20, 2019. See the latest AP photo galleries: https://apimagesblog.com___Follow AP photographers on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP/lists/ap-photographersFollow AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP_ImagesVisit AP Images online: http://www.apimages.comhttp://www.apimages.com/___This gallery was produced by Patrick Sison in New York.

NORTH POLE - Ever dreamed of spending the night in an igloo at the North Pole? Extreme conditionsThis covers a two-night stay in Svalbard, the last frontier town between mainland Norway and the North Pole, flights and logistics to and from the North Pole, as well as a night's stay at the North Pole Igloos hotel, along with all meals and guides. From there, they are transported to the glacier where the North Pole Igloos hotel stands. The company's last big project was Octola, which launched last December, but Honkanen says the North Pole Igloos hotel was always in mind. North Pole Igloos will launch a year after Arctic Blue Gin opened a one-day pop up bar in the North Pole as part of a rather elaborate marketing stunt.

(CNN) - A young female Arctic fox has shocked scientists by traveling over 3,500 km (2,175 miles) from Norway to Canada in just 76 days. This may be due to physical barriers on the sea ice, bad weather, or good feeding opportunities. Experts have previously speculated that the Arctic fox may eat crustaceans from open water. It is heating up twice as fast as the global average, causing massive melting of sea ice and opening up the area to exploration. These plans have sparked concerns in the US, which also sees economic opportunities as Arctic sea ice melts.