Wrangel Island

A bowhead whale beached on the remote outpost in the Arctic Ocean, and the news spread fast among the island's bears.

Inquisitive beasts are intrigued by camera traps but pictures have mixed results.

The predator is chased away by dog and man with stick as it comes too close for comfort.

Move boosts armed forces capability in polar waters. 

Up to 500 mother bears a year give birth on remote Wrangel island, also the last place to see woolly mammoths.

Scientist thought he had stumbled upon an unusual stone, only for tests to show he had unearthed major dinosaur find.

Endemic to the remote island of Novaya Zemlya, it survived the Ice Age here, scientists believe, the only creature known to have done so.

Scientists now examining new discovery in hunt for 'living cells'.

The 19th century vessel - formerly the Royal Navy's HMS Pandora - sank as Americans raced to be first to North Pole.

Ice along the northern coast of Siberia is retreating faster than elsewhere, leading to a special threat for our polar bears, Russian expert says.