Medvedev establishes environmental buffer zone around Wrangel Island
On December 27, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree creating a new buffer zone around Wrangel Island in…
Extraordinary photos of Arctic underwater life
Many people know the Arctic as the home of fuzzy white polar bears, smiling beluga whales, and mythical-looking narwhals. Yet…
Update: Rescue of beluga whales halted, but some may have already escaped
I received a large reader response to my post about the trapped Beluga whales on December 15. Russia’s Ministry of…