Arctic waste

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

One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.

A major new Arctic clean-up expedition is poised to start work getting rid of junk and pollution blighting this vast region.

Macabre remains of six slaughtered polar bears, 'beheaded with their skins removed', now under criminal investigation.

A renaissance of one of Siberia's first outposts as the Far North becomes the new economic frontier.

Shocking pictures reveal colour of Daldykan River with locals claiming the waste from a nickel plant is to blame.

Company’s bulldozer was in such rush to dismantle pipes after being filmed by ecologists that it crashed a police car.

Major bid to check radioactive waste dump area in Arctic archipelago.

After 1,907 kilometre odyssey, crossbreed is back home to his day job keeping polar bears at bay in remote weather station.