The Arctic is "fast becoming an area of intense focus for geopolitical competition", said Foreign Secretary David Lammy during his recent visit to the region. Russia has long eyed control over the ...

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

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived at the edge of the Arctic Circle on Tuesday in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region. Carney will make a defense ...

Canada is planning to have a military training presence in the Arctic up to 10 months a year, the country's military ...

Carney visited Iqaluit, which is by far the largest municipality in Nunavut, a vast territory straddling the Arctic Circle. Nunavut is roughly the size of the U.S. states of Alaska and California ...

IQALUIT, Nunavut — New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived at the edge of the Arctic Circle on Tuesday in ... to the capital cities of the two countries that shaped Canada’s early ...