Arctic Ocean - In a significant development for global shipping, Russia’s first oil shipment of the year has navigated through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) amidst ongoing Western sanctions. This move ...

SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will begin pilot operations on the Arctic shipping routes next year, the oceans minister has said, adding the government will create a special task force to that ...

The Northern Sea Route stretches some 5,600 kilometers along Russia's coast between Norway and Alaska, offering a shorter passage to Asia than the Suez Canal. Image by kappaphoto via iStock Russia is ...

Sandwiched between Finland and Russia 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Kirkenes rests near the opening of the most viable polar shipping route linking China to Europe. As the sea ice retreats, ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Maersk vessel loaded with Russian fish and South Korean electronics will next week become the first container ship to navigate an Arctic sea route that Russia hopes will ...

Aircraft do not fly according to the straight lines shown on flat maps. Instead, they follow great circle routes, which represent the shortest distance between two points on the s ...

A Chinese container ship has embarked on a groundbreaking voyage through the Arctic, launching what Beijing calls an “Arctic Express” corridor to Europe. The vessel, Istanbul Bridge, is expected to ...

LANCASTER SOUND, Nunavut -- From a distance, the northern shores of Baffin Island in the Arctic appear barren -- a craggy world of snow-capped peaks and glaciers surrounded by a sea of floating ice ...

SEOUL, July 1 (UPI) --South Korea is exploring the potential of the Arctic shipping routes, particularly the Northern Sea Route, which is expected to reduce shipping times and costs between Asia and ...

“You cannot annex another country.” This was the clear message given by the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, at a recent press conference with the outgoing and incoming prime ministers of ...