The Latest Breaking News from the North Atlantic

British military return to remote islands for first time since Second World War

ROYAL Marines have returned to the Faroe Islands for the first time since the Second World War as the UK steps up its military presence in the North Atlantic.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 2

Macron and Carney to hold talks on strengthening Canada-France ties

French President Emmanuel Macron ⁠visited the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon on Sunday, where he will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The visit comes weeks after US President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the archipelago covered by the American flag.

France 24 · Sep 19

Tiny French outpost off Canada the unlikely stage for new transatlantic courtship

A tiny piece of France just off Canada’s Atlantic coast will become the setting for a much bigger geopolitical story on Sunday, when President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. The meeting brings Canada’s push for closer ties with Europe to a territory that…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 18

Italy’s Andrea Doria sank in 1956, but divers still explore its dangerous wreck despite 18 deaths

Seventy years after the Andrea Doria sank in the North Atlantic, divers are still descending to the deteriorating Italian liner, exploring newly exposed sections and recovering artefacts before parts of the wreck disappear for good. Eighteen divers have died while trying to explore it. The ship lies on its starboard…

The Times of India · Aug 10

A Titanic survivor's 114-year-old lifejacket sold for over $900,000, more than double its estimated value

More than a century after the RMS Titanic sank beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic, one of its rarest surviving artefacts has found a new owner. The cork-filled flotation device, worn by 22-year-old first-class passenger Laura Mabel Francatelli, was sold by Henry Aldridge & Son in Wiltshire for…

The Times of India · Jul 19

From Newfoundland Fishing Boats to Indian Homes: Why the Labrador Retriever Is the World's Most Popular Dog Breed

The Dog That Started on a Fishing BoatThe Labrador retriever's earliest ancestor was not bred to sit in a living room. The St. John's Water Dog, a working breed from the island of Newfoundland in what is now Canada, spent its days hauling fish-laden nets from the North Atlantic alongside…

Times Life · Jul 11

Bermuda has no rivers or freshwater lakes, yet a 400-year-old roof design supplies water to 65,000 people

Bermuda has no rivers, no freshwater lakes and no natural springs, yet it has supplied drinking water to its residents for more than four centuries. The British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic relies on an ingenious rainwater harvesting system built into the roofs of nearly every home. Around 65,000…

The Times of India · Jul 6

Satellite images reveal a massive 5,000-mile seaweed belt stretching thousands of miles across the Atlantic

For centuries, sailors crossing the Atlantic occasionally encountered floating mats of brown seaweed drifting far from land. These patches were largely associated with the Sargasso Sea, a region of relatively calm waters in the North Atlantic where free-floating sargassum has long formed part of a unique marine ecosystem. That picture…

The Times of India · Jul 2

European heatwave's unlikely accomplice: an ocean 'cold blob'

Often called the "cold blob", this swath of water in the North Atlantic has bucked the global warming trend, cooling even as the planet's temperatures rise due to human-induced climate change.

The Economic Times · Jun 26

A plan to sell artifacts from the Titanic faces US government opposition

A newly unsealed court filing shows the U.S. government opposes a plan to auction more than 100 artifacts recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic in the North Atlantic

The Independent UK · Jun 22