A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently vanished after "completely melting" away. When you purchase through links on ...

Fighting it out over the Arctic, with the vast resources of the Arctic, is going to be the new great game of the twenty-first century,” Steve Bannon, who served as chief strategist early in President ...

On March 22, 2025, Arctic sea ice reached its lowest maximum extent since satellite records began 47 years ago, covering only 14.33mn square kilometres – 1.31mn square km below the 1981-2010 ...

The Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) was designed over three years by European aerospace company OHB. ... Russia’s territory covers almost half of the Arctic’s landmass.

A satellite image of the Russian Arctic, where activity around a missile launch site suggests Russia is preparing to test a nuclear-powered missile with a theoretical range of thousands of miles.

Improved weather and clear skies in the Russian Arctic region have revealed what is widely believed to be a secret loading of liquefied natural gas from Russia’s Novatek-led Arctic LNG 2 project ...

The U.S. National Guard has held cold weather drills amid the prospect that the Arctic could be a future flashpoint for hostilities between Russia and the U.S.

This 2018 satellite photo of ice caps on the Arctic islands of Russia's Severnaya Zemlya archipelago highlights the beautiful concentric rings of color in the ice, which stand out against the ...

The Pentagon has released an updated Arctic strategy that warns of low-level Russian 'destabilizing' activities in the Far North aimed at the United States, Canada and its allies.

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department is working to modernize early warning systems and build a communication network in the Arctic as warmer weather opens more waterways and allows Russia and ...