Any reference will tell you the Novaya Zemlya effect is a polar mirage — and it is. But Novaya Zemlya-like effects are not limited to the Arctic. The Novaya Zemlya effect is an atmospheric refraction ...

A Russian Arctic archipelago on Saturday declared an emergency situation over an "invasion" of dozens of aggressive polar bears that have entered homes and public buildings. Russia's northeastern ...

It's been a busy few weeks up on the windswept Russian archipelago of Novaya Zemlya: people, earthmoving trucks, shipping containers, temporary housing, heavy-lift aircraft, helicopters, cargo ships.

Russian officials have declared a state of emergency in parts of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago after what has been described as a “mass invasion” of polar bears in the islands' human settlements.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Mikhail Kovalchuk, Russian President Vladimir Putin's ally, said on ...

For centuries, maps showed a frozen void off the Siberian coast. No one imagined that there, hidden among mists and perpetual ice, lay the last major archipelago on Earth to be discovered. What is ...

In brief: In the latest reference to nuclear weapons in the context of the war in Ukraine the head of Russia’s Novaya Zemlya nuclear test site said everything was ready to resume nuclear tests. In a ...