Two major Arctic shipping routes have opened as summer sea ice melts, satellites have found . The European Space Agency's Envi...

As rising temperatures expose more land for exploration, prospectors are rushing to the far north in the hope of carving out a new mineral f...

As the Arctic ice melts, Germany wants to make sure its scientists gain unfettered access to the region. They have been hindered by the Russ...

Canadians have adopted a confrontational stance. A new opinion poll finds that Canadians are generally far less receptive to negotiation an...

The Obama administration, like the Bush one before it, has identified the Arctic as an area of key strategic interest. The U.S. military ...

Some may wonder why Socialist Courier continues to report on the situation in the Arctic Circle . In fact , it is a good example of how a o...

Further to our continuing Arctic saga we now read that China has decided it too cannot be side-lined. China has no Arctic coast and therefo...

The Northwest Passage should have a more Canadian name to assert Canada's claim over the Arctic waterway, says Yukon Liberal MP Larry B...

The saga of the Arctic continues with this report from the BBC that a senior US Coast Guard commander has warned of the risk of conflict ...

Committed to keeping our readers updated on the competition for the Arctic and North Pole regions that has become viable for economic exploi...

Reported by the BBC , in another sign of potential friction in the warming Arctic, Canada has warned that it will step up patrols of the Nor...