As the world marks the 70th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War, RBTH remembers the dramatic and heroic story of the Arctic Convoys, a period of unique collaboration between Russia and ...

Find out what’s new this week on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Crave, Paramount+, BritBox, Apple TV+, CBC Gem and more, as well as what’s on Blu-ray/DVD. Venom: The Last Dance remains box ...

A CAPTIVATED audience were left fascinated by a first-hand account of the Second World War experiences of Shanklin Royal Navy veteran Alec Penstone at the Museum of Ryde last week. Alec, 98 ...

Looking back now, Jack Patterson says the German U-boats which tried to sink the Arctic Convoys were just "the enemy" and it was "all part of war". The 95-year-old, from Thornhill near Dumfries ...

Harold with his medals at a Merchant Navy remembrance service The last surviving veterans of the so-called Arctic Convoys will be receiving medals to mark the anniversary of the final naval ...

A student-led project comparing satellite images of the Arctic has discovered that a small Russian island has recently vanished after "completely melting" away.

ALSO NEW ON DVD OCT. 22 "Twisters": A group of scientists ... in this werewolf flick set in the backwoods of England. "The ...

In 2016, Russian Northern Fleet specialists raised a 100-ton freight locomotive from the anti-Hitler coalition’s Thomas Donaldson Arctic convoy transporter from the bottom of the Barents Sea in ...

Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all. Arctic permafrost is thawing fast. That affects us all. In 1845 explorers sought the Northwest Passage—then vanished In 1845 explorers ...

A slumbering Arctic fox in winter will wrap its long, bushy tail around its body for added warmth. Its feet are covered in dense fur to insulate against the cold and provide traction on the ice.

Each decade around 13% of the ice in the Arctic Ocean is lost, but scientists are now exploring whether new technology can help refreeze the sea ice and halt its rapid decline. Such is the rate of ...