Study of ancient canine graves shows the important place of the animals in lives of prehistoric people.

Swift response by the Russian president to Canada's move to claim seabed under the North Pole and surrounding waters.

After a month of warm, dry weather and wildfires, the huge crater nicknamed ‘Mouth of Hell’ is now under direct threat.

Russian officials refused to allow the vessel to enter the Northern Sea Route which Greenpeace dubbed 'a thinly veiled attempt to stifle peaceful protest'.

Map of shame: Greenpeace highlights junk and debris in dozens of sites across the 'pristine' environment.

The Russian government has ordered the evacuation of North Pole-40 Arctic Station.

The Arctic was at the centre of world's attention in recent years, with the Nordic countries now on a steady, but a serious race for dominance in the region.

New evidence of climate change as blazes come six weeks early in 2014.

Today classes are closed, not because temperatures are plunging to minus 44C, but due to the ferocious icy winds.

Operator MTS plugs in key northern communities to fast mobile internet.