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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

Cargo ships could take polar route

Melting sea ice at 'tipping point'

Polar bear's leap into the unknown

Polar regions hot topic for climate change scientists

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

Obituary: Lewis King

Quebec: Winter in the Great White North

In winter in the remote Arctic village of Puvirnituq, Northern Quebec, temperatures range from -2C to -30C.

Melting ice caps reveal polar secrets

Russia: Extreme tourism in the Soviet Gulag

The mayor of Vorkuta, 100 miles above the Arctic Circle, says he is looking for an investor to turn an abandoned prison complex into a 'reality' holiday camp for novelty-seeking tourists.