I can not indipendantly verify but I will tell you what I know.

I have a Friend that's Stationed at Base Borneo in the high Arctic, nothing special, just works for a tour company that takes people to the pole.

he just called me to see if I could get any information for him about what is happening.

"All of our radios are down, and we saw a huge flash from Russia, fallowed by a deep growling sound coming from the ice around ten minutes later."

any ideas?