The ice may not retreat as much as feared this year, but what remains may be more rotten than robust

China can make a valuable contribution in the Arctic region, Norway’s Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said in a speech at the China Institute of International of International Studies Forum in Beijing this week.

Russian wants joint mapping, joint resource management and joint development with Norway in the Border areas of the Barents Sea.

The joint Norwegian – Russian nuclear safety commission will meet later this week for its annual meeting.

WHITEHORSE — Prime Minister Stephen Harper rejected accusations Friday his week-long trip to Canada's North is nothing more than an expensive and politically self-serving photo-opportunity.

An increasing share of cruise ship leaving the heat of the Caribbean and is moving up north in the Arctic, reports Sermitsiaq.

Russia in the first half of 2010 significantly increased its gas production, but the country was unable to retake lost market shares in Europe.

Environment campaigners have vowed to defend the unspoilt Arctic wilderness from potentially damaging development after a Scottish energy firm confirmed it had discovered signs of oil off Greenland.

Northern politicians are split on Canada's new Arctic policy statement, with some hoping it will mean positive changes for northerners but others remaining skeptical.