An Oslo court is to hand down its verdict on Friday against Anders Behring Breivik for his twin attacks last year that left 77 people dead.

Coping with blizzards and polar bears is part of daily life for researchers in the Arctic, but what really gets under their skin are the tourists.

Three men suspected of plotting an attack on the Danish newspaper that printed controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons will go on trial this week.

Legions of giant crabs clawing their way along the bottom of the Barents Sea are proving a godsend to the few fishermen authorised to catch the lucrative crustacean, but some fear the crabs are threatening the sea's fragile ecosystem. The Kamchatka crab, was introduced into the Barents by the Soviets in the 1960s -- about 30 years after a first, failed attempt by Stalin.

Ocean noise levels have become unbearable for sea mammals with the constant churn of freighter propellers and the underwater din of military testing.

An Oslo court is to hand down its verdict on Friday against Anders Behring Breivik for his twin attacks last year that left 77 people dead.

Coping with blizzards and polar bears is part of daily life for researchers in the Arctic, but what really gets under their skin are the tourists.

Three men suspected of plotting an attack on the Danish newspaper that printed controversial Prophet Mohammed cartoons will go on trial this week.