With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the ... into barrels and shipped back to Europe. The right whale population ...

Back in the 19th Century there was a race to map and navigate the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean as a shortcut ... goods from China or Japan to Europe or the east coast of the US ...

A huge pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean is expanding and could lower Europe’s temperature by causing a mild ocean current to slow down, British scientists say. A huge pool of fresh water ...

passing Russia and Norway to connect China to Europe via the Arctic Ocean and the North Sea. The Polar route is rapidly becoming viable (at least in the northern summer) as global warming shrinks ...