A double-decker train has begun operations linking Murmansk to the rest...
The first double-decker train leaving Murmansk for St. Petersburg on Monday was also the first passenger train to cross over the new railway bridge...
Despite COVID, tourists are returning to Northern Finland seeking Santa Claus
HELSINKI — Santa Claus and heavy snowfalls are attracting British tourists back to Finnish Lapland, bolstering Finland's tourism industry that has been hit hard...
A Norwegian cruise ship is banned from sailing to Russia’s Franz...
Two-hundred fifty passengers will no longer get to Franz Josef Land in the Russian Arctic as originally planned, after Hurtigruten was forced to cancel...
With winter season in doubt, Europe’s Arctic travel industry warns of...
A maze of coronavirus-related travel restrictions across Europe led many in the Nordic region to opt for domestic travel this summer. For some parts...
The World Rally Championship’s first ever Arctic race opens in Finland
Hyundai driver Ott Tanak led after the first day of the Arctic Rally on Friday, with the Estonian winning the opening two stages in...
For a longtime Arctic guide, once-pristine Svalbard is becoming ‘a rubbish...
“This is what I found during a short 200-meter walk along the shoreline of Sorgfjorden on the north coast of Spitsbergen,”Mats Forsberg tells the...
Gjoa Haven’s Nattilik Heritage Centre moving ahead with expansion
The Nattilik Heritage Centre in Gjoa Haven has awarded Yellowknife-based Northern Industrial Construction and the Taylor Architecture Group a contract to design and build...
How a new partnership with the U.S. National Park Service could...
The Office of International Affairs is one of the smallest units of the U.S. National Park Service, employing only six people. As just one...
The start of Svalbard’s cruise season is canceled
2020 was the year when many newly built luxury polar-class cruise ships were supposed to bring wealthy tourists to the Arctic. But the start...
With a big new airport terminal in Iqaluit, Nunavut hopes to...
A splendid new experience awaits air travellers to Nunavut’s capital, where builders are putting the finishing touches on the Iqaluit International Airport terminal, due...
