The Arctic archipelago of Svalbard is one of ... Norwegian sovereignty but gave all signatories equal access to any natural resources, primarily coal. Only two nations have built permanent mining ...

On the face of it, conditions are ripe for a scramble for the Arctic: as diplomatic tensions rise and climate change improves access to natural resources and shipping lanes, more governments are ...

The Kremlin says the Arctic is a zone of Russian strategic interest, and suggested in February that Russia and the U.S. could work together to develop natural resources there as the two countries ...

Arctic ice is melting as a result of climate change, opening up the region and increasing the risk of confrontation with rivals such as Russia over the area’s natural resources, including ...

Speaking in the Russian Arctic on Thursday, Putin said competition in the region was intensifying In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to ...

The Kremlin says the Arctic is a zone of Russian strategic interest, and suggested in February that Russia and the US could work together to develop natural resources there as the two countries ...