In written remarks to the U.S. Senate committee on armed services, U.S. Gen. Terrence O'Shaughnessy said Russia has been steadily expanding its military presence in the North by upgrading its long-range bombers and developing new warships capable of carrying cruise missiles.

The Northwest Passage - once a path to Asia's riches, now the focal point of a clash given new life by the Trump administration.

A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia's military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country's Arctic sovereignty.

Is Santa Claus really Canadian? Depending on who you ask, where Santa Claus lives and what passport he uses is a difficult question to answer.

As climate change pushes the cold and ice a little farther north each year, it is spurring talk of a gold rush for the Arctic's abundant natural resources, prized shipping routes and business opportunities.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting an Arctic archipelago as part of the country's efforts to reaffirm its foothold in the region.

Eight years into the quest to solve a 168-year-old mystery, an Arctic research mission may have found the second of two shipwrecks from the ill-fated Franklin Expedition.

The data can be used to define the boundaries of the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean and will part of the Canada's case to the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Seas.

Canada says it wasn't given enough warning and has asked Russia for more information about a rocket stage that is expected to splash down this weekend in environmentally sensitive Arctic waters.

A Halifax-based company has been awarded a $15-million contract to design software for the navy's Arctic offshore patrol ships.