Blog – Smelters, huskies, and fish pies: the Arctic road from Norway to Russia
On a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the
Read moreOn a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the
Read moreIn my previous post, I wrote about how a Concorde jet and Chinese tourists have irrevocably changed Lapland in the
Read moreLocated just a few kilometers to the south of the Arctic Circle, the unassuming Finnish city of Rovaniemi does not
Read moreFifty-five million years ago, the Northeast Atlantic Ocean opened up between Europe and Greenland, pushing the two landmasses apart. In
Read moreLast November, Canada’s first highway to the Arctic Ocean opened. When shovels broke ground on the all-weather road in January
Read moreSituated halfway between Iceland and Scotland, the Faroe Islands are so remote from most people’s minds that even the customs
Read moreIn January, China released its first Arctic Policy. In the U.S., fearful headlines greeted the document, from The Wall Street
Read moreNearly 30,000 Greenlanders, or some 71.9% of eligible voters, went to the polls today on the world’s largest island. Some
Read moreEvery week, hundreds of flights on U.S. airlines pass through Russian airspace. Only a handful of these flights actually start
Read moreTwo weeks ago, I wrote about how Alaska’s Red Dog Mine is the most toxic site in America. This story has been
Read moreIn the Alaskan Arctic, Iñupiat sail across seas they’ve navigated for thousands of years in search of a whale to
Read moreBig Oil is often regarded as an industry of yesteryear, unwilling and slow to change with the times. In some
Read moreDeep in the heart of Siberia near the alluring shores of Lake Baikal lies Irkutsk – a city fast becoming
Read moreChina has been an active player in the Arctic for years now, sending an icebreaker towards the North Pole, opening a research station
Read moreIn Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, the ocean was frozen as far as I could see. It was March, the time of
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