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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Travel
      Canada’s northernmost adventure camp offers a taste of the high Arctic

      A family of explorers have created a unique retreat overlooking the Northwest Passage

    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Oil
      Russia routes thin-hulled oil tankers through Arctic for first time

      Use of unreinforced vessels raises risks of environmental disaster as Moscow diverts sanctions-hit exports

      A tanker at the Zvezda shipyard in far-eastern Russia
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Greenland
      Cruise ship may be stranded in Arctic for days after running aground

      Vessel stuck off remote area of Greenland with more than 200 people on board

      A view from the air of the blue and white coloured Ocean Explorer
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Biden administration to restrict Alaska oil and gas drilling

      Move comes six months after White House approved controversial Willow project

      A drilling rig at ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope
    • Saturday, 24 June, 2023
      Antarctica
      Climate graphic of the week: record low Antarctic sea ice levels worry scientists

      Separate data suggests Arctic sea ice could disappear during September by the next decade

      Photo of the front of the Sheldon glacier in Antarctica with map of sea ice extent overlaid on top
    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      News in-depth
      Arctic chill: western nations fear China and Russia will exploit regional tensions

      Arctic Council severed ties with Moscow after it invaded Ukraine, increasing risk of a polar region ‘with no rules’

      A helicopter lands on the deck of a Royal Navy warship off the coast of Norway
    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Anna Berkeley
      Ask a Stylist: how to dress for transitional weather

      Layering is about selecting the right weights and styles and understanding your build

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      White House draws fire from climate groups over Alaska oil project

      ConocoPhillips’ Willow venture receives partial recommendation by federal land managers

      ConocoPhillips sign
    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Inside BusinessRichard Milne
      Reasons for scepticism over Swedish rare earths find

      There are many questions over the project’s prospects and its potential to spur the green transition in Europe

      excavation works are pictured Kiruna, Sweden
    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Scientific research
      World’s oldest DNA reveals thriving Arctic ecosystem 2mn years ago

      Scientists decode DNA preserved in Ice Age sediments in far north of Greenland

      Eske Willerslev
    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      The Big Read
      Methane hunters: what explains the surge in the potent greenhouse gas?

      Levels of the gas are growing at a record rate and natural sources like wetlands are the cause, but scientists don’t know how to curb it

      People dressed in snowsuits kneel to look at methane bubbles frozen in the ice in a lake in China
    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      Arctic warming four times faster than rest of the planet, study says

      Climate change effect on ‘earth’s refrigerator’ will have far reaching consequences, scientists say

      Aerial view shows pancake ice and melt as captured on an airborne mission with University of Texas scientists to measure melting Arctic sea ice
    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Jason Pack
      The west must work with Russia to save the Arctic

      As polar regions grow ever warmer, there are no winners from a failure to co-operate on policy

      Russian servicemen guard an area at the Nagurskoye military base in Alexandra Land on the remote Arctic islands of Franz Josef Land, Russia, in 2017
    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      FT SeriesAdventures to get the pulse racing
      In Shackleton’s footsteps – a polar adventure

      A new tranche of adventure holidays in honour of the explorer offers one-in-a-lifetime thrills – and tear-inducing chills

    • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
      Climate change
      The Climate Game — Can you reach net zero by 2050?

      See if you can save the planet from the worst effects of climate change

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      Travel
      Breaking the ice — by cruise ship to the North Pole

      This summer, a pioneering icebreaker will take tourists to the top of the world in unprecedented luxury. Jurriaan Teulings joins the test run

      Volunteers in immersion suits with Le Commandant Charcot in the background
    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      Oil & Gas industry
      Russia’s Arctic gas ambitions at risk as sanctions imperil LNG icebreakers

      Specialised fleet for shipping the fuel out of frozen waters depends on western groups for construction

    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
      Travel
      Up, up and away on an Arctic balloon ride

      A hot-air balloon operator from the Masai Mara is setting up amid the frozen wilds of Swedish Lapland

      A blue hot-air balloon sails over a wilderness of snow-covered lakes and forests
    • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
      Nato
      Norway hosts 30,000 Nato troops for exercises as Russia tensions rise

      Arctic drills lasting a month will be among military alliance’s biggest since cold war

      Norwegian soldiers patrol with skis on the border with Russia last month
    • Monday, 17 January, 2022
      FT SeriesWellbeing and fitness: the world’s most brutally beautiful sporting adventures
      The power of the dog: an Arctic adventure

      Intense, magical and very, very cold — sledding in the Finnish wilderness with huskies

    • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
      View from the CockpitMark Vanhoenacker
      Flying in the far north: a story of magnetism and magic

      For pilots, flying in the high Arctic presents unique challenges — and rewards

      ‘After take-off, we may head almost due north, sighting auroras that dance amid unfamiliar stars’
    • Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
      Europe Express
      EU seeks ban on Arctic drilling for fossil fuels Premium content

      Strategy aims to address environmental concerns and geopolitical tensions

      A Russian drilling rig in the Arctic Yamal peninsula
    • Thursday, 9 September, 2021
      Climate change
      Climate change risks triggering catastrophic tsunamis, scientist warns

      Melting of ice sheets could unleash intense seismic activity as weight on crust below is reduced

      Meltwater flows away from Greenland’s retreating Reindeer Glacier
    • Friday, 13 August, 2021
      FT Swamp Notes
      Talking about my generation Premium content

      Their biggest piece of good fortune could be missing the worst effects of climate change

    • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
      Rachman Review podcast25 min listen
      Scientists aim to re-freeze polar ice

      As climate change accelerates, scientists look at ways to reverse environmental damage

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