Helicopter suffers extensive damage and blades snap off - but only one injury.

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

New shipping link symbolises developing Arctic economy which can avoid eco-damage, says Putin.

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

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

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

China is getting closer to European markets due to 'monumental change' wrought by global warming off Siberia's Arctic coast.

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.

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

Three Russian nuclear powered icebreakers are leading a huge gas tanker through the Arctic waters on the roof of Siberia.