Norwegian authorities say a polar bear attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago. The polar bear was shot dead by another employee, the cruise company said.

Chinese scientists have begun preliminary research on a next-generation icebreaker capable of lengthy research missions in the Arctic and Antarctica, according to the programme’s chief designer.

Canada and Denmark have been in an interesting 'whiskey war' since early 1930s over an uninhabited half-square-mile island that has no apparent natural resources, located far in the Arctic North.

Oil and gas giant Shell has been granted the final permit it needs to begin drilling below the ocean floor for oil in the Arctic.

The Polar Code, passed at a meeting in London of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), ban ships from releasing oil, sewage, chemicals and waste into the sea.

Oil firm Royal Dutch Shell has won approval from the US Department of Interior to explore for oil in the Arctic.