Vice Premier sees scope to make Arctic 'ours forever' with plans to harness resources and help protect fragile environment.
The $27-million Snezhinka (Snowflake) is seen as a future international science hub for biotech, robotic and AI-driven projects.
Built just five years ago, western sanctions over Ukraine stop international cooperation at climate change research facility in Arctic.
Challenge to polar doom warning from respected international expert Professor Peter Wadhams of Cambridge University.
Remnants of this land mass still exist in Russia, the US, Canada and Greenland, says groundbreaking new research.
Expedition from Urals Federal University finds 300 samples of suspected space debris, clues to the history of the universe.
Scientist thought he had stumbled upon an unusual stone, only for tests to show he had unearthed major dinosaur find.
Startling evidence on climate change links warming and cooling between the Arctic and Antarctic.
The remarkable rescue and evacuation effort was needed because of a severe break-up in the ice sheet due to global warming.
Satellites show giant hole ringed by 20 'baby craters'.