Map of shame: Greenpeace highlights junk and debris in dozens of sites across the 'pristine' environment.

Murky underwater videos suggest wreckage of Eira is finally rediscovered off Cape Flora on Franz Josef Land archipelago, where it sank in 1881.

Ambitious scheme to honor sites marking man's heroic ventures into the Far North.

Both Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund are expressing grave concern at the risk of contamination in the Pechora Sea.

This and 10 other silly questions answered by the Arctic explorer Alexander Oboimov.

One region alone - Yakutia - has 5 million tons scrap metal dumped in polar regions, an ugly Soviet legacy.

Cruel joke can turn deadly for predator now too visible to both prey and poachers.

The modernised MiG-31BM fighter interceptor has been shown in action in Siberia after deployment at the Kansk Air Base in Krasnoyarsk region.

Permanent patrols commence led by the heavy nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy.