When temperatures soar this high above the Arctic Circle, it’s an attention-grabber.

The stunning image from the University of Dundee shows the scale of the extreme weather engulfing the country. And it comes as heavy rain has caused further landslips delaying the reopening of the key roadways.

Sweden worst hit as hot, dry summer sparks unusual number of fires, with at least 11 in the far north.

The oldest and thickest sea ice in the Arctic has started to break up, opening waters north of Greenland that are normally frozen. This phenomenon – which has never been recorded before – has occurred twice this year due to warm winds and a climate-change driven heatwave in the northern hemisphere.

A sleepy Lapland fire station is calling in help from all corners to fight the unprecedented wildfires sweeping the region.

Ships sailing through the Arctic region's busiest lane along the Siberian coast made the highest number of trips on record this year as a quicker-than-expected melting of ice enabled more traffic.

The town of Lakselv, Norway, located near the Banak Peninsula and more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle in far northern Europe, recorded a temperature of 91 degrees on Wednesday and a high of at least 90 degrees twice this week. That's roughly 30 degrees above average for this region of the world.

Voracious predator could be big threat to native aquatic populations

The president of the Canary Islands said that by 11 p.m. some 5,000 people had been evacuated from their homes.