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

Rescue teams rush to help survivors among 22 passengers in Arctic.

Six campaigners staged a dramatic pre-dawn raid on Gazprom early today, clambering onto the company's floating production base in the Pechora Sea.

But seals prove more adept at undertaking polar missions, including potentially killing intruders, say experts.

International researchers have gleaned these extraordinary hidden scientific secrets by drilling 318 metres into a unique lake in northeastern Siberia.

First shipment leaves from Yamal Peninsula across the roof of the world as tankers head through the Northern Sea Route for first time.

Permanent customs task force unveiled as Sabetta gears up to take Russian goods and gas over the top of the world.

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

Total of 110,000 tonnes sent to Europe across the new Northern Sea Route.