Ships, spys and international ‘uncooperation’ – Arctic week in Review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this week:
– Canadian artist Jessica Auer has spent years travelling through Scandanavia and Greenland photographing ancient Viking sites and her work is now on display at the Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie
– Both Russia and Norway have big new spy ships to keep an eye on each other with
– In more Russia/Norway news, the two countries are relooking at their shared border where shifting rivers and marshes are complicating life for authorities
– Iceland blasts the Arctic Five for excluding it from the fishing moratorium signed this month, and questions what this means for future Arctic cooperation and the work of the Arctic Council
-Russia’s new maritime doctrine pledges to strengthen the country’s presence in the Arctic
That’s all from us for now. We’ll be back Monday with more stories and newsmakers from across the North.
Write to Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca
