The Arctic is already home to Russia’s Northern Fleet, “the strongest of its four fleets”, Zysk says, which would need to pass by Iceland to reach the open Atlantic Ocean.

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first ...

The path of totality will carve an arc of darkness across the surface of our planet – at the height of the August tourist ...

This spending affirms the priority that the Russian government places on this arm of its military, one which has a history of ...

Russia, which claims sovereignty over much of the Arctic Ocean, is reopening and modernising its Soviet-era bases on the coast. China, which has declared itself a “near-Arctic” state, is ...

French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Greenland, the strategic Arctic island coveted by US President Donald Trump, carrying a “message of solidarity and friendship” from France and the ...

NUUK, Greenland (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s first trip to Greenland, the strategic Arctic island coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump, is aimed at shoring up Europe’s politica… ...

In a speech last week at the UN Ocean Conference, Mr Macron also mentioned Greenland and the deep seas, saying they are not “up for grabs” in remarks that appeared directed largely at Mr Trump.

Farther away, the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean is also seeing new activity. This group of islands was once used during the Soviet era for testing nuclear bombs.

French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Greenland, the strategic Arctic island coveted by US President Donald Trump, carrying a “message of solidarity and friendship” from France and the ...

Macron’s role in Europe Macron in recent months has sought to reinvigorate France’s role as the diplomatic and economic heavyweight of the 27-nation European Union.