Following a formidable 106-day trek across the Arctic, which ended with the two Arctic Arc expedition members relying on Envisat images to guide them safely through disintegrating sea-ice, intrepid ...

Adrift on the Arctic Ocean in the midst of the dark polar winter, Fridtjof Nansen faced a dilemma. A year and a half earlier, the 33-year-old explorer had set sail from Norway on his polar ship, the ...

While ExxonMobil et al figure out the best route to pipe their proven Arctic gas reserves to the lower 48 states, Petro-Canada and Anderson Exploration will kick off this round's exploration cycle in ...

As part of the expedition, the participants will sample water, snow and lichens along the Northern Sea Route for scientific purposes MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. A new historical project - Russian Arctic ...

Melting ice in the Arctic Ocean could yield new trade routes in international waters, reducing the shipping industry's carbon footprint and weakening Russia's control over trade routes through the ...