The author is a chairperson of the Korea Polar Research Committee Arctic warming is progressing more than four times faster than the global average. As temperatures rise, sea ice in the central Arctic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Korea plans to explore the potential of the Northern Sea Route, which is expected to connect the Port of Busan (pictured) to ...

Canada has dispatched an ice-breaking vessel to rescue a Dutch-flagged freighter that ran aground in the freezing waters of the Northwest Territory while transiting a key Arctic waterway. The stranded ...

The search for the Northwest Passage was once the preserve of explorers hoping to find a lucrative new trade route linking Europe with the Far East. Now the decline in the amount of ice in the Arctic ...

Russia’s oil shipments through the Arctic Ocean are encountering increasing delays because of U.S. sanctions, a fresh example of how the measures are adding friction to Moscow’s energy trade.

The significance of the Russian nuclear icebreaker Ural extends beyond technical feats. It symbolizes Russia’s Arctic strategy amid global competition. The United States Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-class ...

As part of the expedition, the participants will sample water, snow and lichens along the Northern Sea Route for scientific purposes MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. A new historical project - Russian Arctic ...

Arctic sea ice is headed for one of its smallest winter peaks on record, an AFP review of U.S. data showed Wednesday, as ...

SEOUL, July 1 (UPI) --South Korea is exploring the potential of the Arctic shipping routes, particularly the Northern Sea Route, which is expected to reduce shipping times and costs between Asia and ...