the North-East sea passage

Eye-catching numbers have emerged on the expected trade boom from the Arctic route to Europe for Chinese business. 

99 year old sailing ship successfully passes the most challenging part of its Arctic odyssey…. and there is NO ice.

The Arctic was at the centre of world's attention in recent years, with the Nordic countries now on a steady, but a serious race for dominance in the region.

This year sees the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov, the Russian royal family thrown on the scrapheap of history in 1917.

Challenge to polar doom warning from respected international expert Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University.

Going by train all the way from Beijing (or even London) to New York could become a reality.

Scheme would allow epic journeys from London to the Japanese capital with major international crossing between Sakhalin and Hokkaido.

In case of any doubts, we mean the twitching variety, which are now back to Siberia, resting before their next extraordinary journey. 

Major discovery of Ben Leigh Smith’s vessel which sank off Franz Josef Land in 1881 sandwiched between two giant icebergs.

Murky underwater videos suggest wreckage of Eira is finally rediscovered off Cape Flora on Franz Josef Land archipelago, where it sank in 1881.