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A US Navy diver helping a team from the Arctic Submarine Laboratory recover a torpedo fired from the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Hartford. Beaufort Sea, Alaska

World

Seven things to learn on the Arctic from documentarian Louie Palu

26/08/2020

In this Aug. 16, 2019, photo, large Icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland.

Denmark

All eyes on the Arctic: US, China and Russia race to control far north

23/07/2020

A wildfire peeking through clouds and smoke in the Sakha Republic, near Verkhoyansk, Arctic Circle

Russia

Heat, melting ice and fires combine for unprecedented Arctic summer

14/07/2020

According to Novaya Gazeta, this 28 June 2020 picture shows water from a Nornickel enrichment plant gushing out of a pipe and into a river running into a nearby lake

Russia

Russian mining company Nornickel admits new pollution in Arctic Tundra

29/06/2020

Left: Children bathing outside Verkhoyansk, Siberia, which has just reached a record high of 38º C. Right: Fire caught by satellite in the Arctic Circle

World

The other new normal: A record 38C and forest fires in the Arctic

22/06/2020

A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs in eastern Greenland.

Places

Coronavirus delays largest Arctic expedition in history

Scientists on board the icebreaker Polarstern have been without supplies for two months.

07/06/2020

World

Largest-ever hole in the ozone layer above Arctic finally closes

A record-size hole in the #ozone layer above the Arctic has finally closed.

24/04/2020

Russia

Dozens of polar bears 'invade' Russian village in search of food

A village in northeastern Russia is warding off a polar bear "invasion" after dozens of the animals have edged closer to the village in search of food.

05/12/2019

Places

How sustainable is staying in a luxury igloo in the North Pole?

The Scandinavian travel company claim the experience does not damage the arctic environment.

26/11/2019

World

Arctic ice reached record low in October

04/11/2019

Climate Now

Walking on thin ice in the Arctic?

Ice-free summers expose Arctic ecosystems to more than open waters

28/10/2019

Ocean

Protecting life in the Arctic seas

10/10/2019

Ocean

Mapping the Arctic sea life

"If you start fishing, you can destroy the ecosystem, or the balance of the organisms." This MOSAiC expedition scientist is mapping the hidden Arctic sea life

10/10/2019

world news

Watch: Thirty-five years of Arctic thaw in two minutes

02/10/2019

The new D28 Iceberg just that calved away from Amery ice shelf

World

Before and after: Huge iceberg breaks off from ice shelf in Antarctica

30/09/2019

World

IPCC report highlights crisis facing world's oceans and cryosphere

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a report with stark warnings on the current and future state of the oceans and cryosphere - the ice that covers planet Earth.

25/09/2019

Norway

Scientists have embarked on the longest-ever expedition to the Arctic

21/09/2019

An aerial photo taken on August 17, 2019 shows a view of the Apusiajik glacier, near Kulusuk

World

How summer 2019 hurt the Arctic, the frontline of climate change

Unprecedented wildfires, a record melt of the sea ice and some more extreme weather episodes have marked the 2019 summer season in the Arctic Circle. It was on a par or worse than the 2012 record melt and heat levels, showing that the North Pole is the frontline of the global climate crisis.

18/09/2019