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'World's best teacher' wins $1 million prize
A Canadian who works in a remote school among the Inuit community in the Arctic has been named as the world’s best teacher.
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
Russia raises concerns by ramping up its Arctic presence
Could this be the start of an Arctic arms race?
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
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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.
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.
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…
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.
Takeaway: polar research warms up
Special forces conduct drills close to North Pole
A combat group of special forces from Russia’s Chechnya region conduct exercises close to the North Pole.
NASA to explore Arctic sea ice after record warm winter
NASA is preparing to launch two missions to explore the Arctic following data that showed 2015 to be the warmest year on record. According to the
North Pole hots up as El Nino shakes up world weather
It seems things are hotting up in the North Pole. As El Nino shakes up weather around the world, forecasters predicted temperatures of up to minus
Activists celebrate Arctic drilling victory
Campaigners hail Shell withdrawal from Alaska Arctic drilling
Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned its search for oil in the Arctic after failing to find enough supplies of crude during a seven-year quest. It has
Chinese boat sets North East Passage record
The sun rose on a new chapter of sailing history this week. On Tuesday Chinese skipper Guo Chuan and his four crew members from Russia, France and
Activists surround Shell's Arctic drilling rig
Some 25 activists were detained by the US Coast Guard after trying to prevent a Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig from leaving its base in Seattle. The
Seattle begins the battle with Shell over Arctic drilling
Protesters in Seattle are not giving oil giant Shell any peace. After the arrival of the first of two giant rigs destined for Arctic drilling at the
Arctic oil prospecting imminent as Shell given go-ahead
Arctic riches beckon. Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell has received renewed permission from the US government to prospect in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea
Arctic Rugby Challenge
Former England stars Tim Stimpson and Ollie Phillips have returned victorious from the arctic, trekking over 90 kilometres to the Magnetic North Pole
First ever rugby sevens charity match in the North Pole
A group of intrepid rugby players have walked across 160 kilometres of sea ice in order to play the first ever rugby sevens match in the North Pole