Moscow sees China, India, and other Asian powers as critical for the future of the Northern Sea Route, but their involvement ...

The route’s Russian operator is building more nuclear-powered icebreakers, as it anticipates a significant rise in voyages by ...

Sandwiched between Finland and Russia 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Kirkenes rests near the opening of the most viable polar shipping route linking China to Europe. As the sea ice retreats ...

Russia, which controls this route, sees the Arctic as a good opportunity to boost its economic development. As for China, it views the Northern Sea Route as an essential component of its Belt and ...

The Russian-Chinese joint venture expects the first ARC7 class container ship to be commissioned in 2027. As Rosatom commissions more nuclear-powered icebreakers, prospects are becoming more realistic ...

As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.

And it provides the shortest route from the North Atlantic ... Seven out of eight Arctic nations are members of NATO; they may have to reinvent China’s techniques if they or their partners ...

China is interested in wider use of the Northern Sea Route amid rising tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Far East and Arctic Minister Alexei Chekunkov told Izvestia. Nevertheless, the ...

Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard ...

Secret Russian Intelligence Document: Russia’s domestic security agency says that China is spying on the Russian military’s ...