Arctic explorers

Ambitious scheme to honor sites marking man's heroic ventures into the Far North.

Record sighting of Narwhal at 88 degrees north by Russian scientific expedition.

Unexpected find as scientists survey 'time capsule' site of 1901-02 encampment of intended North Pole explorers on remote Alger Island.

Mi-8 delivered Hannah McKeand and Canadian companion to remote island weather station but crashed soon after, as pair abandon North Pole attempt.

Murky underwater videos suggest wreckage of Eira is finally rediscovered off Cape Flora on Franz Josef Land archipelago, where it sank in 1881.

Giant natural balls in the Franz Josef archipelago that leave scientists flummoxed.

Major discovery of Ben Leigh Smith’s vessel which sank off Franz Josef Land in 1881 sandwiched between two giant icebergs.

The navigator, who served in the Navy of Peter the Great, gave his name to the Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, Bering Glacier and Bering Bridge.

Its residents will live in a vast man-made 'igloo' to protect them from polar temperatures and some of the most biting winds on the planet.