Lavrov vows Russia to defend its Arctic interests
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov vowed in an interview published on Friday that Moscow would defend its interests…
2 years ago
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NATO prepares for Russian threat in harsh Arctic
By Max DELANY BADDEREN , Norway, March 11, 2024 (AFP) - Finnish conscript Atte Ohman readied himself aboard a US…
2 years ago
Kremlin critic Navalny moved to Arctic penal colony: allies
MOSCOW, Dec 25, 2023 (AFP) - Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in…
3 years ago
Warmest Arctic summer caused by accelerating climate change
By Issam AHMED The Arctic saw its warmest ever summer in 2023, the result of accelerating human-caused climate change that…
3 years ago
Russia unveils new icebreaker in push for energy markets
SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (AFP) -- President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday oversaw the launch of a new nuclear-powered icebreaker as Russia…
4 years ago
Arctic warming four times faster than rest of Earth: study
Eurasian sector of Arctic Ocean has also warmed as much as 1.25C per decade -- seven times faster than the…
4 years ago
Russia and China eye NATO’s ‘Arctic Achilles heel’
by Pierre-Henry Deshayes Agence France-Presse BARENTSBURG, Norway (AFP) -- Russian flags flap in the stiff polar breeze, a bust of Lenin…
4 years ago
The Arctic’s tricky quest for sustainable tourism
by Pierre-Henry Deshayes © Agence France-Presse Longyearbyen, NORWAY (AFP) -- Home to polar bears, the midnight sun and the…
4 years ago
Greenland ice cap loses enough water in 20 years to cover US: study
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - Greenland's immense ice sheet has lost enough ice in the past 20 years to submerge the…
4 years ago
‘Alarm bells’ as UN validates record Arctic temperature
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The UN on Tuesday officially recognised the 38 degrees Celsius measured in Siberia last year…
5 years ago
Rare hunting scene raises questions over polar bear diet
by Pierre-Henry DESHAYES Agence France-Presse OSLO, Norway (AFP) - A polar bear chases a reindeer into the water, drags it…
5 years ago
On thin ice: Near North Pole, a warning on climate change
by Ekaterina ANISIMOVA A massive icebreaker cuts its way through the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, clearing a path…
5 years ago
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