Arctic

Russia builds the world's largest and most powerful nuclear icebreaker

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Russia has begun building the world's largest and most powerful nuclear icebreaker for trips to the Arctic.

The world's oldest seed successfully sprouts after 32,000 years in the Arctic

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Scientists are learning how a tree in the Arctic revived from a 32,000-year-old seed buried in a thick layer of ice.

Oil spills the river red like blood, Russia declares a state of emergency

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Russia declared a state of emergency in the Arctic after a huge fuel tank broke and leaked 20,000 tons of diesel into the river, turning them blood red.

Huge announcement of emissions from unprecedented forest fires in the Arctic

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More than 100 major forest fires have occurred in recent days in Greenland, Siberia and Alaska, causing large clouds of smoke that can be seen from space.

Watch Russia's hypersonic ship- destroyer missile show off impressive firepower for the first time

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The Russian Navy has tested a cruise missile that destroyed the Onyx hypersonic warship for the first time during a drill in the Arctic. The missile launched from Russia's Bastion air defense system has recently been deployed to the Arctic.