Blog: Field notes from Russia
In summer above the Arctic Circle, the sun does not set. This phenomenon, generally called the Polar Day, is referred
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Author: Mia Bennett
Blog: Journey through northwest Russia
The black smoke of a banya, a lake blanketed by buzzing mosquitos, a dark and silent wooden church, the white back
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Blog: Chinese naval ships near Aleutians
A few days ago, the U.S. Navy reported that it had detected five Chinese naval ships near the Aleutian Islands.
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Blog: Finland – An eastern Arctic nation
Finland is the quiet player in Arctic affairs. It lacks the long Arctic coastlines of Russia, Canada, the United States,
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Blog: The Arctic is not just an earmark for Alaska says senator
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) gave a speech at the 6th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval
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Blog: Northwest Territories fur and fiber optics make inroads in Asia
The media tends to view Asian activities in the Arctic with a wary eye. China, and to a lesser extent
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Blog: Back to the future – An Arctic conference in 1979
On a dusty shelf in the library at my university, I came across a volume entitled Marine Transportation and High
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Blog: The donut hole at the centre of the Arctic Ocean
On June 4, I wrote about issues surrounding the continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean. June 5 was National Donut
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Blog: The Continental Shelf – Geological, legal or geopolitical?
With Shell receiving conditional approval to drill in the Chukchi Sea in offshore Alaska, the phrase “continental shelf” has come up
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Blog: Parallels drawn between space race and Arctic offshore development
The reaction to the U.S. government’s decision to conditionally allow Shell to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer has
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Blog: Obama defends Arctic drilling weeks after Kerry promotes clean energy at Arctic Council
At the Arctic Council ministerial in Iqaluit, Canada on April 25, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waxed poetic about
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Blog: Shell wins approval to continue the ‘depletion business’ of the Arctic
This week, the Obama administration conditionally approved Shell’s exploration plans this summer in the Chukchi Sea, off Alaska. The Bureau of
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Blog: Some final thoughts on the U.S. Arctic Council chairmanship
On Monday, I wrote about future directions for the Arctic Council now that the U.S. has taken over the rotating
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Blog: As U.S. assumes chairmanship, what’s next for Arctic Council
On April 24, the Arctic Council ministerial convened in Iqaluit, capital of the territory of Nunavut, wrapping up the two-year
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Blog: Arctic Council – from looking out to looking in
Last Friday, the ninth ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council conference took place in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada. The Canadian hosts recapped
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