More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's FSB fears China is "trying to encroach on" Russian territory, a leaked document alleges.

Four Arctic experts say it would take the West at least 10 years to catch up with Russia’s military in the region, if it chose to do so. “The Arctic is currently a dark area on the map ...

Moscow sees China, India, and other Asian powers as critical for the future of the Northern Sea Route, but their involvement ...

Map of Arctic routes. NOAA Image. Russia’s military presence in the Arctic peaked during the Soviet era and new increases to defense spending have expanded operations in the region, ...

Russia controls about half of the Arctic’s shoreline and a huge share of its oil and gas reserves. For now, Chinese ships may not be pushing to use the Northern Sea Route (Russia charges stiff ...

Hoping to map and study the changing shoreline, ... Explorers with the Arctic Archipelagoes project and Russian Arctic National Park confirmed its formation in 2018 and 2021, ...

Hoping to map and study the changing shoreline, ... The archipelago sits in the Arctic Ocean, north from western Russia. Google Translate was used to translate the news releases from the Russian ...

Evgenia Arbugaeva chronicles memories and magic of her Russian Arctic homeland. ... “The captain had this map of Hyperborea, a reproduction of the 16th-century Greek map in his captain’s room.

More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Russia has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border, according to The Economist.