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  • 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

  • Monday, 9 August, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Time is running short to avert ‘hell on earth’

    Politicians’ decisions to decarbonise now will have huge impact in decades to come

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