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Environment

Lapland bucks the trend as rest of Finland logs near-record warm autumn
* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General 

Lapland bucks the trend as rest of Finland logs near-record warm autumn

Politics

Washington’s new envoy to Denmark pledges more US support for Greenland
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Washington’s new envoy to Denmark pledges more US support for Greenland

Society

Kugaaruk, Nunavut, declares state of emergency over failure at water treatment plant
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Society Society (Canada) 

Kugaaruk, Nunavut, declares state of emergency over failure at water treatment plant

Science

Photo of community of Kuujjuaq, Que.
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Science 

Nunavik health board proposes hiring private staff to help curb tuberculosis outbreak

Business

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger
* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger

Art & Culture

Iqaluit Pan-Arctic Vision celebrates diversity, community and coming home to your cat
* Featured * Art (Canada) Art and Culture Canada Culture Featured • Zone 3 General 

Iqaluit Pan-Arctic Vision celebrates diversity, community and coming home to your cat

News

Kugaaruk, Nunavut, declares state of emergency over failure at water treatment plant
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Society Society (Canada) 

Kugaaruk, Nunavut, declares state of emergency over failure at water treatment plant

Monday, December 8, 2025CBC News0
Lapland bucks the trend as rest of Finland logs near-record warm autumn
* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General 

Lapland bucks the trend as rest of Finland logs near-record warm autumn

Monday, December 8, 2025Eye on the Arctic0
Arctic Winter Games committee announces move to host games every 3 years
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Winter Games committee announces move to host games every 3 years

Monday, December 8, 2025CBC News0

Canada

Kugaaruk, Nunavut, declares state of emergency over failure at water treatment plant
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 1 General Society Society (Canada) 

Kugaaruk, Nunavut, declares state of emergency over failure at water treatment plant

Monday, December 8, 2025CBC News0
Arctic Winter Games committee announces move to host games every 3 years
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Society Society (Canada) 

Arctic Winter Games committee announces move to host games every 3 years

Monday, December 8, 2025CBC News0
Yukon Legislative Assembly resumes with the largest government caucus in territory’s history
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Yukon Legislative Assembly resumes with the largest government caucus in territory’s history

Monday, December 8, 2025CBC News0

Denmark/Greenland

Arctic Council launches latest “Plastic in a Bottle” capsules from Greenland
* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Arctic Council launches latest “Plastic in a Bottle” capsules from Greenland

Friday, November 28, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
Inuit sound alarm after UN biodiversity talks: ‘Stop conflating Indigenous Peoples with local communities’
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 1 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Inuit sound alarm after UN biodiversity talks: ‘Stop conflating Indigenous Peoples with local communities’

Wednesday, November 19, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
Facing rapid Arctic warming, Inuit call for full voice in COP30 climate decisions
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 General News Newsroom Picks • zone 3 

Facing rapid Arctic warming, Inuit call for full voice in COP30 climate decisions

Thursday, November 13, 2025Eye on the Arctic0

Finland

Lapland bucks the trend as rest of Finland logs near-record warm autumn
* Featured * Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 2 Finland General 

Lapland bucks the trend as rest of Finland logs near-record warm autumn

Monday, December 8, 2025Eye on the Arctic0
Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Society Society (Finland) 

Finland’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission makes 70 recommendations

Thursday, December 4, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
PM Orpo: Finland must apologise to Sámi people
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

PM Orpo: Finland must apologise to Sámi people

Thursday, December 4, 2025Yle 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 Bennett1

Norway

Norway buys more subs for ‘turbulent times’ in the North Atlantic
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norway buys more subs for ‘turbulent times’ in the North Atlantic

Friday, December 5, 2025Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger
* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 3 General Norway 

New Barents Sea finding is making ‘Goliat’ even bigger

Thursday, December 4, 2025Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
NATO sends more ships to High North “amid increasing operational demands”
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

NATO sends more ships to High North “amid increasing operational demands”

Tuesday, December 2, 2025Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0

Russia

Russia withdraws from Euro-Arctic rescue cooperation
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Politics Politics (Russia) Russia Society (Canada) 

Russia withdraws from Euro-Arctic rescue cooperation

Friday, November 28, 2025Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Norilsk Nickel admits trouble as Russia’s war-torn economy suffers due to sanctions
* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Norilsk Nickel admits trouble as Russia’s war-torn economy suffers due to sanctions

Tuesday, November 25, 2025Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
US senators say Trump failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics (Russia) News Russia 

US senators say Trump failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine

Monday, November 24, 2025Thomson Reuters0

Sweden

Poland subs deal a strategic boost for Sweden’s Navy
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

Poland subs deal a strategic boost for Sweden’s Navy

Wednesday, December 3, 2025Radio Sweden0
Energy products continue to make up the majority of Finland's imports from Russia. (iStock)
* Featured * Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Electricity to get more expensive in the north due to new Sweden-Finland powerline

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Radio Sweden0
Proposal: Sweden’s 2030 climate targets to remain unchanged
* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Proposal: Sweden’s 2030 climate targets to remain unchanged

Friday, October 31, 2025Radio Sweden0

USA

Washington’s new envoy to Denmark pledges more US support for Greenland
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Washington’s new envoy to Denmark pledges more US support for Greenland

Monday, December 8, 2025Thomson Reuters0
Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov’t over mines in far northwest
* Featured * Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 General USA 

Alaskan tribes sue B.C. gov’t over mines in far northwest

Tuesday, December 2, 2025CBC News0
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* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 1 Newsroom Picks • zone 3 USA 

Congress approves measure to overturn Biden-era plan for Alaska petroleum reserve

Thursday, November 20, 2025The Canadian Press0

Podcasts

Arctic Tourism and the Pandemic

Longforms

Arctic Ambition: Taloyoak’s quest to transform its economy through environmental protection
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 Featured Longform Longform Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

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

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

Blog

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 Bennett1

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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