More than half the Arctic's coastline is Russian territory and in the last six years Moscow has built more than 475 military bases along its northern border.

Map of Arctic routes. NOAA Image. Russia’s military presence in the Arctic peaked during ... the Northern Fleet is the only Europe-based Russian fleet with direct access to the Atlantic Ocean ...

Four Arctic experts say it would take the West at least 10 years to catch up with Russia’s military in the region, if it chose to do so. “The Arctic is currently a dark area on the map ...

In a further sign of its intent, the Kremlin announced that four strategic bombers were to make training flights over the Arctic and the Atlantic Ocean. Rival expeditions. Russia's claim to a vast ...

The Arctic is already home to Russia’s Northern Fleet, “the strongest of its four fleets”, Zysk says, which would need to pass by Iceland to reach the open Atlantic Ocean. “Russia would ...

The archipelago sits in the Arctic Ocean, north from western Russia. Google Translate was used to translate the news releases from the Russian GeographicalSociety. Read Next ...

Hoping to map and study the changing shoreline, ... The archipelago sits in the Arctic Ocean, north from western Russia. Google Translate was used to translate the news releases from the Russian ...

As competition for resources in the Arctic Ocean intensifies, nations are staking claims to swaths of undersea territory where oil, gas, and other minerals could someday be found and mined. The ...