Greenland adds new incentive to promote domestic tourism as international travel craters
With the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic still impacting Greenland’s tourism industry, the government has announced a new initiative
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Author: Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Project to digitize works from Inuit artists gets further grant from Canadian Heritage
A project to digitize the works from the famed Kinngait art program in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut has
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Iceland announces further relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions
As of August 4, Iceland will further relax its COVID-19 restrictions, allowing groups of up to 1,000 people and allowing
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COVID-19 delays delivery of apology to Inuit residential school survivors in Atlantic Canada
The long-planned provincial apology to Inuit residential school survivors in Atlantic Canada has been called off due to continued delays
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Denmark, U.S. affirm need to ‘maintain and build situational awareness’ in the Arctic
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Denmark’s Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod wrapped up their meeting on Wednesday, with both
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Harmonized data could help understanding of COVID-19 pandemic in North: Arctic Council briefing doc
Harmonized data and circumpolar oriented statistics would contribute to better understanding the COVID-19 pandemic in the North, says a briefing
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Modernizing Arctic aviation infrastructure among recommendations at Russian meeting
Better aviation infrastructure and improvement of the airfield network in Russia’s Arctic and Far East were among the recommendations discussed
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Arctic Science Ministerial postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19
The third Arctic Science Ministerial, scheduled to take place this November, has now been moved to 2021 because of the
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How sub-Arctic seas are influencing the Arctic Ocean and what it’s telling us about climate change
The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans are driving changes in Arctic waters in more complex ways than previously recorded and are
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Greenland beefs up tourism incentive package
After feedback from the business community, Greenland is beefing up its tourism aid package, established to help the industry still
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Inuit region of Arctic Quebec receives $100,000 for activities to commemorate victims of gender violence
Canada’s federal government announced $100,000 this month to facilitate activities in the Inuit region of Arctic Quebec to commemorate victims
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Climate change has prolonged Siberian heat by at least 600 times, say researchers
The Siberian heat wave that’s made headlines around the world in recent months would not have been possible without human-caused
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Iceland exempts Nordic countries, except for Sweden, from COVID-19 screening requirements
Iceland has exempted Finland, Norway and Denmark, along with Germany, from COVID-19 screening requirements for entering the country. Since June
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Pompeo to talk Arctic at upcoming meeting with Danish FM
The Arctic will be high on the agenda when U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo travels to Copenhagen at the
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New ebook explores life and legacy of Canadian artist Annie Pootoogook
Nunavut artist Annie Pootoogook was renowned for her drawings of day-to-day life in the Inuit community of Kinngait, and now
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