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The hugely popular band will be taking to several cities around the UK and Ireland as part of their simply-titled Live 2018 jaunt. Tickets are set to go on sale from 9am this Friday, according to Ticketmaster. The tour kicks off in September in Manchester, and will wrap up in Newcastle at the end of […]
Associated Press Armed guards protected navy privates and scientists from polar bears while they played a game of soccer on March 22. You can see an extraordinary photograph of the scene below. You don’t need much to play soccer — just a couple of goal-frames, a soccer ball, and a grassy field. Sometimes you don’t […]
Russia’s Northern Fleet pilots braved chilling Arctic weather while honing their skills in their fighter jets, the Russian Defense Ministry has shown in newly released footage. Some eight MiG-29K aircrafts took to the skies above Murmansk Region to practice maneuvers amid difficult weather conditions. The crews have been working on their skills at taking off […]
Take a look at Arctic Edge 18 — where the US military is preparing to fight in the extreme conditions NOW WATCH: Arctic and Antarctic sea ice just hit record lows — here’s what would happen if all the ice melted See Also: Take a look at Arctic Edge 18 — where the US military […]
It seems the battle for Arctic dominance continues with US forces conducting large-scale military exercises in Alaska this month to train troops “to fight and win in the Arctic.” The Arctic is a mineral-rich area and important strategic zone, particularly as melting ice makes the region more accessible. While many nations, including Finland, Norway, Canada […]
Enlarge / Temperatures at the start of 2018—a familiar pattern as of late. (credit: NASA Earth Observatory) Without some historical context, it’s easy to over-interpret an unusual weather event, especially when it’s fresh in your mind. At this time of year in the US, that means cold snaps or unseasonably warm weather—and the storms that […]
Here’s a story that gets more interesting the more you look at it. A British man goes from pub to another – there’s little inherent news value about that. But when you consider the pubs were over 20,000 miles apart, with one on the frozen island of Svalbard and the other one at Tierra del […]
Reuters/Mathieu Belanger Scientists have discovered how many seals polar bears need to catch while they forage on ice to survive. The research shows that the bears are catching fewer seals and moving greater distances than they used to, resulting in an energy imbalance. As Arctic ice declines and food becomes more scarce, polar bears could […]
The head of the US Coast Guard describes countering drug smugglers’ ‘free pass,’ facing Russia in the Arctic, and how to ‘think beyond the tyranny of the present’ NOW WATCH: Here’s what $ 1 billion worth of cocaine looks like
Beijing has announced plans to extend the ambitious Belt and Road Initiative to the Arctic by developing shipping routes. In a white paper released on Friday, the country said it expects to have a “major role in expanding the network of shipping routes” and noted that “as a result of global warming, the Arctic shipping […]
