Cormac James

Canadian explorers say they have found one of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic nearly 170 years ago.

There can hardly be an Arctic misadventure or mystery more remembered in song and legend than the 1845 exhibition led by John Franklin to Canada’s Northwest Passage.

Monkeys perfect the art of conversation

With Arctic ice melting at a faster rate than ever before, raising sea levels and causing severe weather, action is needed before it’s too late, reports Stefan Rahmstorf

WHALES are blazing a trail ahead of humans through the melting ice floes of the Northwest Passage.

Newly published this week

A cruise ship exploring the Northwest Passage in the Arctic ran aground on a rock that was not on the map.

A hand-written letter from Kevin Barry on the eve of his execution during the War of Independence is estimated to fetch up to €18,000 when it goes under the hammer next week.

IN January 2007, a strange bird was seen on the sea off Farnham in Yorkshire.

Canada will build two new military facilities in the Arctic in an effort to assert sovereignty over the contested region, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today.

Denmark today said it was not worried by reports that two Canadian warships were heading for a tiny Arctic island claimed by both countries.