When Svalbard Airport, world’s northernmost destination for scheduled commercial flights, was built, no one expected the ...

This summer will see record low Arctic ice and Russia has stolen a march on militarizing the strategic region.

Swedish photographer Christian Aslund visited the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, capturing images that recreated archive ...

Instead, Bundy was referring to the Arctic Circle and far-northern regions of ... Today, global warming and dramatic melting of polar ice urgently underscore the vital importance of the region.

Here, deep into the Arctic Circle and midway between Norway and ... and that heat is instead absorbed by the seawater. The melting of glaciers, on the other hand, contributes to a rise in the ...

But its strategic location is arguably an even greater asset. Shipping routes through the Arctic have become more dependable and for longer periods of time during the year as a result of melting sea ...

Credit: AP/Evgeniy Maloletka “The warming winter atmosphere above the Arctic Circle does impact large ... ice is thin enough for more of it to melt quickly this summer, Stroeve said.

“The warming winter atmosphere above the Arctic Circle does impact large-scale weather patterns that do influence for ... The remaining ice is thin enough for more of it to melt quickly this summer, ...

Shipping routes through the Arctic have become more dependable and for longer periods of time during the year as a result of melting sea ice ... and the Arctic Circle). This has prompted an ...

Since satellites began tracking it, Arctic sea ice's winter peak has shrunk by an area about the size of Pakistan.View on euronews ...