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The big thaw

Times are a-changing in the Arctic

<i>Obituary:</i> Sir Wally Herbert

Swimmer plans record North Pole swim in togs only

Norway: Going with the floes

Above the Arctic Circle, in Svalbard, Sarah McElrea has a magical encounter with some endangered inhabitants.

Big area of Antarctica melted, satellite finds

Warmer planet turning up heat on world's poor

Two British sailors killed on nuclear submarine

Alaska: The pain games

Teaching youngsters to endure pain was once a necessary part of an upbringing designed to help them survive the harsh Arctic elements, writes Roger Hall.

Hunters to spear dozens of whales trapped in Arctic

'Monster' fossil found in Jurassic graveyard

Adrift in the Arctic ice

Thaw and storms opened channel to North Pole

Arctic sea ice disappearing

BP seek to restart part of Prudhoe Bay pipeline

Eskimos' weather too hot to handle