arctic
Ponant confirms order for first hybrid icebreaker
French cruise line Ponant's luxury electric-hybrid icebreaker scheduled for 2021 launch
Icebreaker MSV Nordica sets new Northwest Passage record
MSV Nordica set the record for the earliest crossing of the Northwest Passage, after completing the Arctic voyage in 24 days
Explorer Pen Hadow announces expedition to the North Pole in a yacht
Arctic explorer Pen Hadow has announced his next challenge - to lead an expedition to the North Pole by yacht
MV Polarstern will be frozen in sea-ice for a new Arctic expedition
Researchers are planning to sail the MV Polarstern into sea ice so it can become stuck and drift across the North Pole
Video: Franklin’s long lost HMS Terror discovered
HMS Terror, the long-lost ship of British polar explorer, Sir John Franklin, has been found at the bottom of an Arctic bay. The discovery was made by the Arctic Research Foundation.
French sailor and his pet red hen make it through the Northwest Passage
French skipper Guirec Soudée and his pet red hen, Monqiue are now through the Northwest Passage as the intrepid pair continue their circumnavigation.
Pioneering British steamship, The Thames, discovered in Russia
The Thames steamship sank in the Russian Arctic in 1878. Now researchers have found the pioneering vessel in the bed of the Yenisei river.