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Now playing Next world news President Putin visits Arctic as Russia reasserts claims On the same day as an international summit began on the Arctic, president Vladimir Putin has visited the desolate Franz Josef Land archipelago, reaffirming Moscow’s claim to the… 29/03/2017
Now playing Next Norway Polar beer at the world's northernmost brewery "To make something of our own, that was the idea and beer was something as a coal miner we drank a lot of." Robert Johansen's passion project, a brewery deep in the Arctic circle. 24/03/2017
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Now playing Next world news EU Parliament rejects total ban on Arctic oil drilling European Parliament lawmakers voted against a non-binding motion to prohibit oil and gas exploration in the Arctic 17/03/2017
Now playing Next Russia Russia raises concerns by ramping up its Arctic presence Could this be the start of an Arctic arms race? 30/01/2017
Now playing Next world news Watch: Polar bear cam shows Arctic plight Scientists equip a female polar bear on the ice sheet of the Beaufort Sea with a camera to understand how polar bears live with diminishing ice cover 10/01/2017
Now playing Next Sweden A dire climate warning for the Arctic A new study says the the Arctic is experiencing rapid change "beyond anything previously experienced" and in ways that will fundamentally affect both people and ecosystems. 28/11/2016
Now playing Next USA Watch: How ice has melted in the Arctic Ocean since 1984 The stark reality of climate change is unmasked in this new time-lapse video from NASA. 02/11/2016
Now playing Next Russia Russian arctic meteorologists besieged by polar bears Five meteorologists working on Russia’s Izvesti Tsik Islands are trapped in their base, and have been for almost two weeks, because they are besieged by polar… 14/09/2016
Now playing Next Next Series Polar research warms up In this edition of Futuris we travel to northern Sweden, some 150km inside the Arctic Circle where winter temperatures can fall to -45ºc. 12/08/2016