Blog: Narva, Estonia—A would-be Arctic crossroads on Europe’s edge
The story of Narva is the story of the Arctic port that never was. Had it taken off as an
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Author: Mia Bennett
Blog: As Norway takes over the Arctic Council, will members uphold its principles?
Will the Arctic 7, the Permanent Participants, and Observers promote and uphold the Arctic values implicit within the 1996 Ottawa
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Blog: Arctic Sweden—Kiruna pivots from underground to outer space
On January 13, 2023, mainland Europe’s first spaceport opened in the Swedish Arctic city of Kiruna–better known for iron ore
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Blog: COP27—‘loss & damage’ is on the agenda, but where do Arctic communities fall?
Discussions of compensating Arctic communities for loss and damage are not on the table at COP27, whose focus is on
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BLOG: “We are trying to hand over our expertise in the Arctic”—Estonia
On the sidelines of the Arctic Circle conference, I sat down with Alar Karis, President of Estonia. The Baltic state
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Blog: A NATO admiral, Chinese diplomat, & Faroese metal band walk into a concert hall
Arctic Circle 2022 gathered sans Russians but with a NATO admiral, Chinese officials, and a Faroese metal band, proving that
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Blog: Life on an Arctic farm, interrupted only by Norwegian jets
This summer, I found myself on a farm in the Norwegian Arctic solely in charge of 16 horses, 12 goats,
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Blog: Shetland races to build a sub-Arctic spaceport
On the United Kingdom’s northernmost island, the new space race is getting under way. AAs part of my lifelong odyssey
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Blog: The US is using a mine in Greenland to counter China
The U.S. has offered $657 million to develop the world’s northernmost mine in Greenland to counter China. Is it worth
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Blog: The geopolitical collapse of the Arctic
Hint: It’s not because of climate change. Five years ago, the Economist published an article headlined, “The Arctic as it is known today is
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Blog: Russia’s Arctic gas is funding the war in Ukraine
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the seven other member states of the Arctic Council have hit a “pause”
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Blog: Radar returns to the Arctic, thrusting communities into geopolitical crosshairs
From Alaska to the Faroes, radar is making a comeback in the Arctic. The surveillance technology doesn’t just scan distant
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Blog – A Chinese sailboat is circumnavigating the Arctic
Chinese artist-sailor Zhai Mo (翟墨) has just set sail from Shanghai to embark on a four-month journey around the Arctic
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BLOG – In just 20 years, ships could cross an open Arctic Ocean
Sailing via the North Pole was impossible until the 1950s. Now, it is all but inevitable. Even if all greenhouse
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Blog – To stop coronavirus, Arctic communities took matters into their own hands. Can it last?
Across the Arctic each summer, thousands of tourists and scientists descend upon the region’s villages, research stations, and glaciers. This
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