With ice and permafrost thawing fast, nations are racing to exploit the Arctic's newly accessible treasures. Yet there are ...

Leaders around the world are paying attention because the Arctic is rich in natural resources, and its melting ice is opening ...

touched upon the issue of the Arctic. The countries have points of contact where they could cooperate, according to Bloomberg. Discussions have included natural resources exploration and trade ...

Escalating tensions in the Arctic over untapped resources and territorial claims raise concerns of potential conflict.

These Arctic regions are rich in massive deposits of natural gas, with the Bovanenkovo ... that has shown few qualms about using its resources for political ends. In addition to gas, Russia ...

The Kremlin says the Arctic is a zone of Russian strategic interest, and suggested in February that Russia and the US could work together to develop natural resources there as the two countries ...