Through its use of the Arctic, Russia tries to fortify the idea that it is a global Energy Superpower, writes Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen. The Arctic arouses

Today, First Nations artist and activist Audrey Siegl stood on a small boat, bravely confronting Shell's 300-foot-tall Arctic drilling platform in Can

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved a plan for development of the Northern Sea Route. The aim is to increase capacity by 20 times ove

Insurers can see the point of opening Arctic shipping lanes, but that doesn’t mean they want to underwrite the ships that sail them Before Arctic ship

Last year saw Putin's Russia cement itself as an increasingly assertive international power. Russia's annexation of Crimea and its sustained aggressio

The Northern Fleet is planning to conduct a large exercise focusing on defense of Russia’s important economic assets in the Arctic in course of 2015,

With possible drilling expected to begin in July, several environmental groups led by the Sierra Club filed a petition in the US District Court of App

The Arctic Council ministerial meeting, hosted by the Canadian government in Iqaluit on April 24, 2015, proved to be a productive and substantial even

Arctic warming appears to be the prime reason behind fluctuations in the polar jet stream that is causing unusual weather, study says The string of ma

A month into the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the nation's top Arctic official says he is being greeted with open arms around the circumpo