“The Arctic is the most dangerous place on Earth,” warns Lars Saunes, former chief of the Royal Norwegian Navy, and now at ...

Mariia Vladymyrova (University of Copenhagen) discusses the Northern Sea Route (NSR) legal regime as an exemplary instance of ...

A curt message warning that a polar bear was back, posted on the website of the governor of Svalbard, was a stark reminder that in Longyearbyen, one of the world’s northernmost settlement, humans are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The stretch of ocean, viewed as a gateway to the Arctic, is where Europe's high north meets the Russian high north, home to the ...

Norway controls Svalbard, but a treaty grants Russia, China and others access. Now concerns are mounting over President Trump ...

Finland urges focus on High North as Russia, a terrorist state, expands military sites near the frontier; EU approves funding ...