Blog – Pursuing polar studies from below the Arctic Circle
Last Friday marked the first week of spring, which means that it was also Polar Week! It was also the
Read moreLast Friday marked the first week of spring, which means that it was also Polar Week! It was also the
Read moreThe town of Kirkenes, Norway is a little northern melting pot. It sits at the on the country’s Arctic edge,
Read moreIt’s been a while since I wrote, and I have a lot of catching up to do. Aside from scrambling
Read moreIn 2018, conferences, workshops, and meetings brought me to seven of the eight countries with territory north of the Arctic
Read morePlanet Earth has completed another rotation around the sun, which has now set on the Arctic for the next three
Read moreLast month, I flew from Los Angeles to Hong Kong on one of those sleek jets that fuse heaven and
Read moreOver the weekend, as the temperature in Seoul plunged to -12°C, Koreans bundled up in the long puffy black parkas
Read moreSitting on the rocky coastline of the slate gray Barents Sea, the hilly city of Kirkenes, Norway is located at
Read moreTwo weeks ago, Arctic Circle, the region’s largest annual gathering, took place for the fifth year in a row in Iceland’s
Read moreGlimmering aurora have returned to light up northern night skies, meaning that summer is drawing to a close. With these
Read moreEarlier this week, it was announced that in exchange for 700 million Danish kroner ($109 million), Greenland would allow Denmark
Read moreNearly five years ago, I wrote a post comparing the Arctic and Central Asia. Though at first glance the regions don’t seem
Read moreThousands of years ago on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, retreating glaciers shaved off the pointy peaks of the Khibiny Mountains. The
Read moreMurmansk, the largest city in the entire Arctic, is having a makeover. At the restaurant on the top floor of
Read moreLast week, I recounted my overland journey with thirty-some colleagues from Kirkenes, Norway to Murmansk, Russia. The five-hour road trip
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