The world famous traveller made call ahead of his latest epic adventure by dog sled to Greeland via the North Pole.

Shoreline on remote island retreats by 74 metres in seven years due to increased wave power of unfrozen sea, and thawing permafrost.

Across the Russian polar regions, these eye-catching pictures show how thawing soil leads to territories being washed away.

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

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

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

As Western children salute Santa's Rudolph, here in the Sakha Republic the antlered animals are in peril from ravenous predators.

Puppy cuddled her, helping to keep her alive when she got lost in the Siberian taiga for 11 days and nights.