Security threats to the Canadian Arctic emanate from outside the region but target or affect the region itself ...

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

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ARKHANGELSK, July 9. /TASS/. The Artur Chilingarov scientific expedition vessel to supply polar stations along the Northern Sea Route will be built within the next five to six years, leader of the ...

New research is challenging the ongoing debate about the Arctic's glacial past, suggesting that the region may never have ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

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 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.

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Parts of the Arctic are frequently free of sea ice in summer, although many shipping lines prefer to use “ice-class” vessels with extra-strong hulls. Many rely on Russian icebreakers, provided ...

But the Arctic is fast becoming one of the most hotly-contested parts of the world. Beijing faces stiff competition from Russia, Europe, India and the US. The race for the Arctic is on.