This is not a drill

The town of Ilulissat, with its brightly coloured wooden houses, sits on the banks of a spectacular ice fjord at the mouth of the Jakobshavn Glacier on the west coast of Greenland. With a population o

Kenneth R. Rosen Polar WarSubmarines, spies, and the struggle forpower in a melting Arctic320pp. Profile. £22. The Norwegian government once invited me on a guided tour of the country’s far north, inc

This week’s dream: a road trip in the ...

Giles Catchpole hopes for cool heads in cold climes

China is expanding its High North knowledge by paying to join Russian scientific expeditions, further fueling the West’s concerns about potential military use of research

Why not follow in the wake of Jane McDonald’s cruise ship — and experience the beauty, wildlife and adventure of Antarctica?