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• Russia prepares for ice-cold war with show of military force in the Arctic

  21 Oct 2014: Vladimir Putin sends troops and jets to oil- and gas-rich region also coveted by Canada, United States, Norway and Denmark

• Ice loss sends Alaskan temperatures soaring by 7C

  17 Oct 2014: Scientists analysing more than three decades of weather data for the Alaskan outpost of Barrow have linked astonishing 7C rise to the decline in Arctic sea ice, reports Climate News Network

• Greenpeace: how our campaign ended the Lego-Shell partnership

  Guardian Professional, 10 Oct 2014: Elena Polisano: We showed why it’s bad to be associated with a company ignoring climate change and racing to exploit the Arctic for oil. Here is how we did it

• Are walrus at risk from climate change?

  3 Oct 2014: Karl Mathiesen: A mass haul out of 35,000 animals on an Alaska beach doesn’t bode well for the future of wildlife dependent on the Arctic ice

• US reroutes flights around Alaska beach in attempt to avoid walrus stampede

  2 Oct 2014: An estimated 35,000 of the animals were spotted as summer sea ice fell to its sixth lowest in the satellite record

• Walrus mass in vast numbers on Alaska beach as sea ice retreats

  1 Oct 2014: Concern that warming climate is responsible for gathering of about 35,000 walrus in north-west Alaska

• Ig Nobels: British researchers take coveted science humour prize

  19 Sep 2014: UK researchers reveal people who habitually stay up late are, on average, more self-admiring, manipulative and psychopathic

• Antarctic sea ice set for record high as Arctic heads for sixth lowest extent

  17 Sep 2014: Antarctica poised for record high as figures show Arctic sea ice was millions of square kilometres below long-term average

• Canada uses Franklin expedition wreck to boost North-West Passage claim

  13 Sep 2014: A shipwreck from 1845 and warming Arctic waters are fuelling a maritime dispute with the US
  

• Sweeping new US and EU sanctions target Russia's banks and oil companies

  12 Sep 2014: Putin remains defiant as Russian companies such as Sberbank and Gazprom are barred from western capital in dramatic sanctions over Ukraine

• Experience: I was attacked by a polar bear

  12 Sep 2014:

  Andy Ruck: I knew Horatio was dead, and I knew that was the worst nightmare of his family, his friends, and of any expedition leader

• Sir John Franklin: From the archive

  10 Sep 2014: How the Manchester Guardian reported Sir John Franklin’s 1845 Northwest Passage expedition

• Emma Thompson in the Arctic with Greenpeace: 'There are more good-looking men on this boat than any place I have ever been' – video

  Video (9min 31sec), 10 Sep 2014:

  Actor Emma Thompson has gone on an expedition with Greenpeace to raise awareness of the dangers of drilling for oil. She doesn't want to tweet, but Stephen Fry has told her to 'get a grip'

• Canadian team finds Franklin ship on Arctic seabed – video

  Video (1min 31sec), 10 Sep 2014:

  Researchers have located one of the two ships from the 1845 Franklin expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage

• British ship from 1845 Franklin expedition found by Canada

  10 Sep 2014:

  Ship could be HMS Erebus or HMS Terror, both of which vanished on expedition to fabled Northwest Passage

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