The same year, Beijing unveiled its Arctic policy, which envisages “a ‘Polar Silk Road’ through developing the Arctic ...

Even so, the Arctic remains one of the most inhospitable zones on the planet. Russia has been making moves to extend its ...

American history is a tale of mastering our physical environment or being mastered by it. We carved a canal through Panama to ...

The Arctic has become a strategic focal point for countries, lying at the intersection of climate and geopolitical challenges. Climate change has sharply accelerated this transformation.

With plans to sell off over a million acres of natural habitat for oil and gas development, the Trump administration is ignoring the dire impact on its fragile ecosystem ...

China is paying Russia to join Arctic expeditions while also pushing for greater cooperation from Nordic states.

A surge of Arctic air has led to deadly ice incidents across the U.S., with officials warning that frozen ponds and lakes can ...

Nato has launched Arctic Sentry to coordinate military exercises in the High North, seeking to counter Russia and China while ...

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Melting Arctic ice has revived interest in northern trade routes as Asia–Europe shortcuts, but experts warn they remain risky, unreliable, commercially limited - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Warfare drills are underway in the Arctic as allies step up their presence with maneuvers aimed at securing a strategic gap ...

Warfare drills are underway in the Arctic as allies step up their presence with maneuvers aimed at securing a strategic gap near Greenland.