STOCKHOLM – Sweden reported its biggest ever earthquake caused by mining on Monday at an iron ore mine north of the Arctic Circle run by state firm LKAB. The quake measured magnitude 4.1, the ...

A file photo of the sun setting through the trees in Inari, in Finnish Lapland. (Eilís Quinn/Eye on the Arctic) Sweden and Finland could suffer “dire” economic consequences if they are forced to ...

KIRUNA, Sweden -- Forget Philadelphia: In the far north of Sweden, locals and tourists alike chow down on Arctic cheesesteaks, their hoagie rolls piled high with moose and reindeer meat. At Stejk ...

KIRUNA, Sweden (AP) — Forget Philadelphia: In the far north of Sweden, locals and tourists alike chow down on Arctic cheesesteaks, their hoagie rolls piled high with moose and reindeer meat. At Stejk ...

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Sweden’s beloved Kiruna Church is concluding a carefully choreographed crawl across the Arctic mining town on Wednesday, completing a two-day, 3-mile journey that successfully saved the 113-year-old ...

Sweden’s landmark Kiruna Church will begin a two-day trip to a new home on Tuesday, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world’s largest ...

Developed in partnership with Natural World Safaris, the voyages pair Como’s signature high-end hospitality with deep Arctic exploration. M/S Polarfront, a converted Norwegian weather ship spanning ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Ever watch paint dry, grass grow, water boil or an Arctic Moose migrating? Even if you don’t, that doesn’t mean they don’t happen! Believe it or not, there are some people who love this. There is ...

IT IS SOMETIMES merely the dream of money that can make people rich. The Klondike gold rush kicked off when gold was found in Canada’s Yukon Territory, becoming a siren song for adventurers and ...