《北極》是北美首屈一指的北方研究期刊!目前，《北極》已連續出版了六十年，收錄了世界上有關極地和次極地地區的任何學術領域的貢獻。發表在《北極》雜志上的文章既有獨到的研究成果，也經受住了同行的嚴格審查。Arctic還出版關于北方的新書評論、重要人物、地方和北方事件的簡介以及時事評論。

Arctic is North America's premier journal of northern research! Now in its sixth decade of continuous publishing, Arctic contains contributions from any area of scholarship dealing with the polar and subpolar regions of the world. Articles in Arctic present original research and have withstood intensive peer review. Arctic also publishes reviews of new books on the North, profiles of significant people, places and northern events, and topical commentaries.