Back in the 19th Century there was a race to map and navigate the Northwest Passage ... the wider North American Arctic region of Alaska, Canada's northern territories and Greenland is now ...

"The map is aimed at scientists ... "BAS is the national capability and logistics provider for the polar regions," he told me. "It provides the ships and the planes and the expertise, and the ...

The UK could get its first snowfall by the end of this month - temperatures are expected to drop and snow is on the way to ...

However, the region’s vast distances, poor resources, and navigation barriers including icebergs and poor maps will continue to pose a threat. “I don't worry about a war in the Arctic," the US ...

This well-illustrated account of polar exploration was originally published in Norway in 1903, and in this two-volume English translation in 1904. It tells the story of the four years spent by Otto ...