The Latest Breaking News from Greenland

On July 8, 1952, members of the British North Greenland Expedition left Deptford, an area on the banks of the Thames in London, for a scientific mission to study the vast ice sheet on the world's largest island.

Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles. Two science studies published last week brings us closer to understanding why some animal species can live for so long – far longer than humans.

Iceberg Alley, the stretch of coast ranging from Labrador to Newfoundland, is the southernmost region of the northern hemisphere where one can regularly see icebergs. But hurry up! As the planet continues to warm, Iceberg Alley may soon lose its name.

In today’s Fiver: West Ham, tears for Tin Pot and a message from Greenland

Surprisingly, scientists arrived at a new understanding of Europa by comparing its geography with Greenland

It's reported that life could have evolved in shallow pockets of water near the surface of Europa following an analysis of symmetrical landforms called double ridges

Surface features similar to ones seen on Greenland ice sheet suggest underground liquid water that could host organic matter

Europa, one of Jupiter's four largest moons, is believed to be one of the likeliest places for life beyond Earth.

Shark is thought to have died from meningitis-like infection

Marine biologists believe the brain infection explains why the shark was out of her natural deep-water habitat and caused her eventual death near Newlyn Harbour, Cornwall

Exclusive: Pathologists find what is believed to be the first evidence of the infection in the planet’s longest-lived vertebrate species