Icebreakers provide assured United States access and presence to the polar regions, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

The race to 'conquer' the world's final frontier - the Arctic - is gathering steam and India is gently but firmly positioning itself as a key player in that competition, drawing cards against Russia, ...

As shipping activity in the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans increases with reductions in sea ice because of climate change, ...

The Arctic is one of the most mysterious regions on Earth. For years, it was considered a inaccessible area, but in five ...

Cook says the number of voyages in the Canadian Arctic have quadrupled since 1990, and that certain areas are seeing longer shipping seasons. However, the research shows that key routes are being ...

This has increased opportunities for commercial shipping ... compared to traditional routes through the Suez Canal or around Africa. The economic promise of the Arctic, and particularly the ...

Researchers are trying to rebuild sea ice above the Arctic Circle so it can reflect the sun’s warming rays, slowing climate ...

With melting ice opening new Arctic shipping routes, Democratic Party frontrunner Lee Jae-myung is urging South Korea to swiftly transform Busan into a strategi ...

As climate change pushes the ice a little farther north each year, it is spurring talk of a gold rush in the remote Arctic for abundant natural resources, prized shipping routes and business ...

The Arctic is warming 3.5 times faster than the global average, scientists have warned, raising new security threats for the ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Arctic sea ice hit a record low for the end of the region’s winter last month, in a stark sign of how ...