A man dropped his gun and managed to outrun a polar bear on a snowmobile in a heart-racing moment caught on camera in the ...

Viewers of ABC News' video had mixed reactions to the man's decision to toss the gun. @Choochmahoggin wondered, "What's the ...

A video captured a polar bear charging at a person in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, forcing them to drop their gun and race ...

In a heart-pumping Arctic encounter, a man found himself face-to-face with an aggressive polar bear on April 27, 2025. After firing shots to deter the bear, he realized he needed a faster escape plan.

Russia’s new combat icebreaker, Ivan Papanin, begins trials to bolster Arctic presence. Armed and ice-capable, it signals a growing military focus in the region.

The funds were raised through the organization’s annual Polar Bear Plunge, held on New Year’s Day, in which 6,000 people participated this year. The club, in partnership with the Alliance for Coney ...

He also noted that ICE has declared the Russian Harvard researcher a “danger to the community” and a “flight risk” without offering sufficient evidence to back claims that she is a threat ...

Russia has increased its naval cooperation with China and given Beijing access, and a stake, in the Arctic. In April 2024, the two countries’ navies signed a cooperation agreement on search and rescue ...

The International Arctic Forum, co-hosted by the Russian government and Rosatom, focuses on the development of the polar region, with its significant untapped resources and strategic trade routes ...

President Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there. President Trump ...

The plunge in oil prices has struck Russia in perhaps its most vulnerable spot — an economy heavily concentrated on energy exports and far less diversified than those of its peers. Russian ...

Russia’s economy faced a sharp slowdown in February, stoking fear in the country just as a brewing global trade war is expected to hit prices for its oil and gas exports. The Kremlin’s ...