1.   Experts say this warming is most pronounced in the winter and in the upper latitudes, or arctic regions.

2.   Even as the two leaders heralded their compromise, there were reports that Russia is planning to resume nuclear testing in the Arctic region.

3.   Los Angeles-based Atlantic Richfield Co. and others have gradually eliminated jobs as the cost of shipping and producing oil in the Arctic regions has grown.

4.   An explosion at a Russian coal mine in the arctic Vorkuta region killed at least one and injured five miners, officials said Sunday.

5.   And continue to do so Sometime back, BBC World, the news channel, aired a fascinating filler on lemmings -- small rodents that inhabit the arctic region.

6.   Condon was a consultant to a research team, which was studying the health and social change of native Russians and Alaskans in Arctic regions.

7.   Computer models indicate that if the earth is warming, the amount of warming likely would be greatest in the higher latitudes such as the Arctic region.

8.   Haavisto also spoke of the special problems faced by Arctic regions.

9.   In the Arctic mining region of Vorkuta, miners went back to work because they were losing customers, a union leader said.

10.   Miners in the Arctic region of Vorkuta and in the southern region of Rostov staged protest actions Wednesday over months of unpaid wages.