Blog: Norilsk, Russia -The inescapability of the company town on Russia’s tundra
There are many ways of framing Arctic climate change. On the one hand, countries in the south often see themselves as
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Author: Mia Bennett
Blog: Greenland – barrels of oil and bottles of water
In the past week, there have been two interesting stories about Greenland in the news. The first is in The Economist,entitled, “Greenland
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Blog: Landmark UCLA study reveals melting of Greenland ice sheet from top to bottom
Many scientists have studied how the glaciers and big chunks of ice breaking off the edges of the Greenland ice sheet are
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Blog: Arctic oil and gas must stay in ground to restrict warming to 2°C says study
Scientists have realized for some time now that the extraction of fossil fuels must dramatically slow down if the global
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2014 in Review: A strained year for the Arctic
If 2013 was a year of expanded Arctic cooperation, perhaps best highlighted by the acceptance of five Asian states as
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Blog: When is it New Year’s at the North Pole?
When December 31 draws to a close, people around the world will welcome in a new year. Unlike in the
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Blog: China’s silk road plans could challenge Northern Sea Route
For several years now, the Northern Sea Route (NSR), the shipping lane hugging the north coast of Russia, has been touted
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Oryong 501 sinking highlights Arctic fishing, shipping issues
Early in the morning of December 2, the factory trawler Oryong 501 sank into the frigid depths of the Bering Sea off of Russia’s
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Blog: Greenland, Alaska elections bolster Arctic resource extraction
Voters in Greenland and Alaska went to the polls last November, electing politicians from parties in favor of natural resource
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Blog: A look at Greenland’s upcoming parliamentary elections
On November 28, Greenlanders will go to the polls to vote in a general election for the second time in
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Arctic Satellite image of the week: Russia discovers new island in its Arctic
In September 2013, two military helicopter pilots transporting equipment from Tiksi, a port city in northeast Russia, to the New Siberian Islands spotted
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Blog: Vestiges of the Berlin Wall in the Arctic
On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan stood at the Brandenburg Gate, issuing a challenge to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Blog: Revisualizing the Cryosphere
Earlier this week, I participated in the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Polar Data Visualization Hackathon in New York City. Remote sensing scientists, glaciologists,
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Arctic Circle 2014: Welcome to the new global Arctic
The Arctic has been no stranger to foreigners for quite some time. Although Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson opened the
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Blog: Arctic Circle – A tale of two Arctics
Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson opened this year’s Arctic Circle conference today by declaring, “If the Global Arctic was not
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