It has been one of the elusive goals of seafaring nations almost since the beginnings of waterborne trade, but for nearly 500 years the idea has been dismissed as an...

Russia raised the prospect of war in the Arctic yesterday as nations struggle for control of the world’s dwindling energy reserves. The country’s new national...

Hot, angry winds are blowing over the Arctic. Well, the winds relate to the geopolitical atmosphere of the energy rich northern-most continent rather than the climatic...

Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the second lowest minimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Companies seeking oil in the Arctic will need better technology to clean up spills onto ice and could new face hazards such as rougher seas caused by climate change,...

An army of trees is invading the Arctic. It might sound like a Monty Python skit, complete with John Cleese and bizarre animations, but it\’s real and...

The melting ice cap could open the North Pole region to easy navigation for five months a year, according to the latest Arctic Climate Impact Assessment,...

A team of researchers say that in spite of all the media attention given to the Arctic region and polar bears, species living in the tropics may face an even greater...

Arctic sea ice is melting “significantly faster” than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)...

A few warm, springlike days might sound appealing if you live in the frigid Arctic Circle. But a rise in temperature can spell doom for native peoples and the caribou,...

Pursuit of power is obvious between the two most powerful nations of the world - US and Russia. The former is toiling and manipulating hard to protect its hegemony and...