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Sweden

Climate change sees thousands of reindeer starve to death

Reindeer around the world are starving to death because of the unstable climate.

31/07/2017

World News

Euroviews. View: Why heavy fuel oil must be banned in the Arctic right now

World renowned explorer and endurance record holder- Ranulph Fiennes- explains why heavy fuel oil must be banned in the arctic now

04/07/2017

Norway

Filming 360° video in the Arctic

15/05/2017

Canada

Arctic icebergs reach Canadian coast, disrupting sea lanes and fishing

Unusually large icebergs have broken off the Arctic shelf and floated south, coming close to the Canadian shore, posing shipping and fishing hazards, but proving to be a big tourist draw.

20/04/2017

World News

Putin cosies up to Trump in a bid to thaw ties

Vladimir Putin has said he would like to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump at an Arctic nations summit in Finland in May.

30/03/2017

World News

President Putin visits Arctic as Russia reasserts claims

On the same day as an international summit began on the Arctic, president Vladimir Putin has visited the desolate Franz Josef Land archipelago, reaffirming Moscow’s claim to the…

29/03/2017

Norway

Polar beer at the world's northernmost brewery

"To make something of our own, that was the idea and beer was something as a coal miner we drank a lot of." Robert Johansen's passion project, a brewery deep in the Arctic circle.

24/03/2017

United Arab Emirates

'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.

20/03/2017

World News

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

17/03/2017

Russia

Russia raises concerns by ramping up its Arctic presence

Could this be the start of an Arctic arms race?

30/01/2017

World News

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

10/01/2017

Sweden

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.

28/11/2016

USA

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.

02/11/2016

Russia

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…

14/09/2016

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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.

12/08/2016

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Takeaway: polar research warms up

12/08/2016

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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.

05/05/2016

USA

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

25/03/2016

World News

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

30/12/2015

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Activists celebrate Arctic drilling victory

30/09/2015