The Latest Breaking News from Arctic

Antarctica's sea ice is now reforming as the continent moves deeper into the austral winter, but it's currently the smallest it has ever been for this time of year on record. This blip in the Antarctic pulse is the latest in a string of record lows that is being watched…

NATO countries are in the middle of Arctic military manoeuvres, vowing on Tuesday to defend their newest member, Finland, which is hosting its first joint NATO exercise in the region since becoming the 31st member of the Western alliance in April.

The USS Gerald R Ford is visiting Oslo ahead of expected military exercises in the Arctic.

An Aberdeen photographer was able to capture images of a rare Arctic bird that is known locally as 'Elvis' after searching for the elusive animal for five years.

A SCIENTIST from the University of Stirling is leading an investigation into whether global warming causes increased carbon emissions from Arctic…

When most people consider the arctic, or high-altitude mountain landscapes, they think of endless snow, ice and bare rock. But pastel-coloured flowers, sometimes just a few millimetres wide, bloom in these dramatic places too. The miniature flowers not only weather some of the toughest habitats on Earth, but can also…

For more than three decades, Moscow and Beijing have been incrementally strengthening their partnership. The growing number of potentially conflicting interests, for instance over investment and exploration in the Arctic, have not slowed down cooperation.

The Norwegian archipelago is warming six times faster than the global average, with potentially disastrous results, especially for species such as the polar bear

Norway has taken over the Arctic Council’s rotating presidency from Russia