By Elizaveta Vereykina, The Independent Barents Observer A group of scientists from the Russian Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute unveiled a 1,400 square metre white-blue-red Russian flag on ...

For years, scientists have debated whether a giant thick ice shelf once covered the entire Arctic Ocean during the coldest ...

For decades, scientists believed the Arctic Ocean was sealed under a massive slab of ice during the coldest ice ages — but new research proves otherwise. Sediment samples from the seafloor, paired ...

In 2007, two Russian minisubs planted a titanium flag at the North Pole at a depth of 4,300 meters below the surface of the Arctic Ocean, setting off a rush to stake out claims to the seabed. The ...

Museum begs nation to save Arctic expedition flag which is ‘piece of naval history’ Very rare flag is emblem of leader of one of darkest episodes in British Arctic history ...

The Arctic Ocean has always been a region that’s fascinated University of Delaware doctoral student Tianyu Zhou. While most of humanity lives in the world’s temperate zone, the polar ocean seems like ...