Russia accused Norway of militarising the Svalbard archipelago, a claim Norway denied in a comment to news agency NTB after Russia on Friday had summoned the Norwegian ambassador to Moscow over the ...

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Russia accused Norway ... Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, located roughly halfway between the North Pole and the European mainland.

Two Russian airborne divisions are making preparations ... Two drifting bases will be created near the North Pole this year. One, called Kupol, will be used for military purposes.

Load Map What is the travel distance between North Pole, United States and Moscow, Russia? How many miles is it from Moscow to North Pole. 4108 miles / 6611.19 km is the flight distance between these ...

MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has successfully concluded his voyage to the North Pole. He spent about 250 hours on a drifting ice shelf, painting several sketches, ...