Russian officials refused to allow the vessel to enter the Northern Sea Route which Greenpeace dubbed 'a thinly veiled attempt to stifle peaceful protest'.
Across the Russian polar regions, these eye-catching pictures show how thawing soil leads to territories being washed away.
China is getting closer to European markets due to 'monumental change' wrought by global warming off Siberia's Arctic coast.
Scientist thought he had stumbled upon an unusual stone, only for tests to show he had unearthed major dinosaur find.
The Russian president took part in the 'Flight of Hope', giving a flying lesson to young white cranes ahead of their epic 5,000 km migration.
Unearthed on the edge of the Arctic, she is the only woman so far found in an otherwise all-male necropolis, buried in a cocoon of copper and fur.
Shoreline on remote island retreats by 74 metres in seven years due to increased wave power of unfrozen sea, and thawing permafrost.
New shipping link symbolises developing Arctic economy which can avoid eco-damage, says Putin.
Almost 1,300 bones of 13 species of mammals unearthed at new site on Gydan peninsula aged between 10,000 and 50,000 years old.
For hundreds of years visitors to this Arctic outpost have been frightened by terrifying totems and human sacrifices.