Author: Mia Bennett

I’m currently in Tromsø, Norway where the Arctic Frontiers conference is taking place all week at the local university. Today’s

The new headquarters for the Northern Sea Route (NSR) will open in Moscow on January 28. The new, state-owned enterprise

On December 27, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree creating a new buffer zone around Wrangel Island in

Readers, I’ll be away on vacation for the next three weeks. I hope to be able to post occasionally, but

In Russia, indigenous peoples have encountered a major setback. The Ministry of Justice has ordered the Russian Association of Indigenous

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and National Research Council (NRC) have released a report commissioned by the CIA and

Carbon dioxide, black soot, and nuclear waste are all commonly discussed pollutants in the Arctic. The potential risk of contamination

The U.S. Department of the Interior recently announced that the Bureau of Land Management will issue leases for 4.5 million

Today, I will explore the linkages between two concepts of the sublime – the natural and the technological – and

At the last Arctic Council meeting in Nuuk, Greenland in May 2011, the eight member states decided to form a

Russia has just launched a drifting ice station in the Arctic with 16 people on board. The researchers will be

Nunavut, Canada is home to a wealth of mineral resources, yet it suffers from a dearth of high-speed internet. New

Last week, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak visited Norway for two days. He met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg

Russia oversees the world’s largest fleet of nuclear icebreakers, and it will soon add the largest one yet to its