The crew was the first to receive the new medal, which was created last year for missions sailing under Arctic ice.

The Navy has presented its newest honor, Arctic Service Medal, to the crew of a fast-attack submarine for its involvement in ...

The crew of the USS Indiana, a Virginia-class, fast-attack submarine that spent three weeks in the seas near the North Pole ...

But, he said, "nobody ever knew where Franklin's Arctic Medal was". Janette Park from Stromness Museum said: "I'd always assumed that his medal would be in Canada or Greenwich. So I contacted the ...

Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations, presented the medals to officers and sailors during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn. The Arctic Service Medal is awarded to ...

IT is gratifying to learn that the Coalition Government at long last has recognised the outstanding bravery of the men who sailed on the Arctic convoys ("Arctic convoy veterans to get medal at ...

Harold with his medals at a Merchant Navy remembrance service The last surviving veterans of the so-called Arctic Convoys will be receiving medals to mark the anniversary of the final naval ...

The Polar Medal is awarded by HM The Queen to personnel for outstanding achievement and service to the UK in the field of polar research. The first polar award was called the Arctic Medal ...

A Second World War hero has received his service medal – 70 years after risking his life as part of the Arctic convoys. George Feast, 93, who now lives in St Peter’s Close, Hove, served on the ...

Now the 88-year-old, who lives in Wroxham Road has been finally recognised for his service 70 years later after being awarded the Arctic Star medal, which was awarded to members of the British ...

The lakes had frozen in the Far North, and the foxes and the grouse had shed their brown fur and feathers in favor of Arctic white ... carving out a small postage stamp of land and designating ...

Adm. Lisa Franchetti, chief of naval operations, presented the medals to officers and sailors during a ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn. The Arctic Service Medal is awarded to ...