LNG tanker manages to navigate between two remote Russian ports in a record-breaking six-and-half days

It could turn out to be the discovery of the 21st century – or the duster of the year.

Ilulissat Icefjord in western Greenland offers a unique view of a scenic landscape that demonstrates active glaciological processes, where majestic icebergs calve into the fjord and out to sea.

Arctic waters hold vast undiscovered hydrocarbon reserves, but will they ever be exploited?

The amazing Azolla plant could provide a gateway to the future.

Induced polarisation and broadband seismic used together can help de-risk exploration in the Hoop area of the Barents Sea.

A new generation of Circum-Arctic geological and geophysical digital maps will reveal new data about the hydrocarbon potential of the region.

Last year a giant crater was discovered on the Yamal Peninsula south of the Kara Sea in the Russian Arctic, just 30 km south of the giant Bovanenkovo oil and gas condensate field. It rapidly became world famous as the Yamal crater, holding secrets to the degasification of the Earth’s core.

The northernmost oil discovery in the world could be the opening salvo needed to jump start this very prospective frontier area.

Relying heavily on the petroleum industry for revenue, yet on the pure waters of the Arctic Ocean for subsistence, native Alaskans struggle to find a delicate balance.

Hydrates in the Arctic (II)

Hydrates in the Arctic (I)

A frontier environment with conventional resources, where exploration risk is low, execution risk is manageable and the plays are world-class.

Geology has been used to argue for the rearrangement of maritime borders of states, often to the prejudice of geology as a science. This is especially true in the Arctic, so what impact does this have on potential exploration in the area?

As interest in this resource rich region intensifies, we ask the question - Who owns this massive bounty?