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Environment

Underwater images reveal 1st look at Quest, the final ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton
* Featured * Canada Environment Featured • Zone 1 News Science 

Underwater images reveal 1st look at Quest, the final ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

Politics

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics 

Inuit could pursue foreign partners if relationship with Ottawa sours: ITK leader

Society

Woman stands outside the Whitehorse General Hospital on June 12, 2026.
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Hospitals flag ‘unfunded’ pressure points, $2.5M deficit to Yukon health minister

Science

Underwater images reveal 1st look at Quest, the final ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton
* Featured * Canada Environment Featured • Zone 1 News Science 

Underwater images reveal 1st look at Quest, the final ship of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton

Business

TotalEnergies eyes exit from outlawed Arctic LNG 2
Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 2 

TotalEnergies eyes exit from outlawed Arctic LNG 2

Art & Culture

Two artists on stage
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Art and Culture Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 

The Oktoecho Ensemble Presents “Transcestral”

News

Town of Inuvik to fight natural gas rate hike
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Town of Inuvik to fight natural gas rate hike

Friday, July 10, 2026CBC News0
Grays Bay progress good news for Arctic Economic and Security Corridor, N.W.T. mining industry says
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business (Canada) Canada Featured • Zone 2 News Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Grays Bay progress good news for Arctic Economic and Security Corridor, N.W.T. mining industry says

Thursday, July 2, 2026CBC News0
Ottawa Invests $2M to Modernize Security at Whitehorse Airport
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Society (Canada) 

Ottawa Invests $2M to Modernize Security at Whitehorse Airport

Wednesday, July 1, 2026Eye on the Arctic0

Canada

Town of Inuvik to fight natural gas rate hike
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Business (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

Town of Inuvik to fight natural gas rate hike

Friday, July 10, 2026CBC News0
How Nunavummiut kept cool during an ‘abnormal’ heat wave this week
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 Newsroom Picks • zone 1 

How Nunavummiut kept cool during an ‘abnormal’ heat wave this week

Thursday, July 9, 2026CBC News0
Why is Canada spending tens of billions on new submarines?
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 1 Geopolitics (Canada) Politics (Canada) 

Why is Canada spending tens of billions on new submarines?

Wednesday, July 8, 2026CBC News0

Denmark/Greenland

Danish prime minister thanks to firm position on Greenland
* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish prime minister thanks to firm position on Greenland

Wednesday, June 3, 2026The Associated Press0
The Greenlandic prime minister speaks in front of an EU flag.
* Featured * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 2 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland’s prime minister tells Trump’s envoy self-determination can’t be negotiated

Monday, May 18, 2026The Canadian Press0
The Greenlandic prime minister speaks in front of an EU flag.
* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland’s leader says U.S. military presence part of talks with Trump’s diplomats

Wednesday, May 13, 2026CBC News0

Finland

Military men looking at a map
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Finland Politics (Finland) 

NATO activates forward land forces presence in Lapland

Monday, June 8, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Heatwave temperatures possible next week
Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Heatwave temperatures possible next week

Friday, May 15, 2026Yle News0
Lapland college launches wilderness guide training in English
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Finland) 

Lapland college launches wilderness guide training in English

Monday, April 27, 2026Yle News0

Iceland

NATO chief to Arctic Allies: “We’re all frontline states now,” as Iceland’s role grows
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Iceland) 

NATO chief to Arctic Allies: “We’re all frontline states now,” as Iceland’s role grows

Monday, December 1, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse
* Featured * Environment Environment (Iceland) Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News 

Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Thomson Reuters0
Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Blog Featured • Zone 2 General Iceland Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?

Wednesday, October 22, 2025Mia Bennett2

Norway

Norwegian citizen detained in Russia
Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norwegian citizen detained in Russia

Friday, June 5, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
NATO launches large-scale air force exercise on Monday
Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Norway) 

NATO launches large-scale air force exercise on Monday

Friday, June 5, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Norway 

Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard

Wednesday, May 20, 2026CBC News0

Russia

TotalEnergies eyes exit from outlawed Arctic LNG 2
Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 2 

TotalEnergies eyes exit from outlawed Arctic LNG 2

Thursday, June 4, 2026Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Ships in the water
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Russia) Russia 

Russia : Yuri is watching

Friday, May 22, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
It remains unclear whether reactors will be fuelled before being towed around Scandinavia
Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) 

It remains unclear whether reactors will be fuelled before being towed around Scandinavia

Thursday, May 14, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0

Sweden

Sweden urges EU to tighten rules on tourist visas for Russians
Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) 

Sweden urges EU to tighten rules on tourist visas for Russians

Thursday, June 4, 2026Thomson Reuters0
Sweden halts plans for power cable to Denmark over disagreement with EU funding plan
Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 

Sweden halts plans for power cable to Denmark over disagreement with EU funding plan

Monday, May 11, 2026Thomson Reuters0
Two held in Sweden over suspected deliveries of hi-tech gear to Russia
Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics Politics (Sweden) 

Two held in Sweden over suspected deliveries of hi-tech gear to Russia

Monday, May 11, 2026Thomson Reuters0

USA

Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in Alaska wildlife refuge
Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 2 

Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in Alaska wildlife refuge

Friday, June 5, 2026Thomson Reuters0
First oil from Pikka ‘imminent,’ as developer hails biggest North Slope project in decades
Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 

First oil from Pikka ‘imminent,’ as developer hails biggest North Slope project in decades

Friday, May 15, 2026Alaska Public Media0
Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says
Environment Environment (USA) 

Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says

Thursday, May 7, 2026The Associated Press0

Podcasts

Arctic Tourism and the Pandemic

Longforms

Arctic Ambition: Taloyoak’s quest to transform its economy through environmental protection
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Arctic Ambition: Taloyoak’s quest to transform its economy through environmental protection

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0

Blog

Blog—Trump’s distraction from the real Greenland problem
* Featured * Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Blog—Trump’s distraction from the real Greenland problem

Tuesday, February 24, 2026Irene Quaile1

Video Reports

Inuit artists reflect on their art, their culture and their language
Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture General Video Reports 

Inuit artists reflect on their art, their culture and their language

Wednesday, November 6, 2019Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic1

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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