On the opposite side of the hemisphere, historic heat was observed north of the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia in recent days. Longyearbyen in Norway’s Svalbard Islands — between the Greenland ...

Build your own snow shelter in Finnish Lapland The Arctic Circle conjures up images of rosy-nosed reindeers and gift-laden elves, but it’s also got a dark side – and we’re not talking about ...

Iceland is a good bet, even though it lies just south of the Arctic Circle - those dotted lines on the map at 66.5 north ... hurtigruten.com) or the Scandinavian Travel Service (020 7559 6666).

But when I said I was packing my bags for a trip into the Arctic Circle - by train ... The largest medieval building in Scandinavia has a 20th Century addition to its main facade ...

The Scandinavian Peninsula extends all the way up to north of the Arctic Circle but the climate is still fairly mild considering its northerly climes. Even though the mountains in Scandinavia are ...

Bask under the aurora in a lively Lapland ski resort, 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle: a place where the swirling colours of the Aurora Borealis can be seen from your bed in a glass igloo.

Eastern Russia and Alaska, both within and outside the Arctic Circle, have been particularly badly affected. Russia's Federal Forestry Agency says more than 2.7m hectares (6.7m acres) of remote ...