Blog – It’s official: China releases its first Arctic Policy
China has been an active player in the Arctic for years now, sending an icebreaker towards the North Pole, opening a research station
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Author: Mia Bennett
Blog: Looking back on the year that was in the Arctic
In Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, the ocean was frozen as far as I could see. It was March, the time of
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Blog: As Yamal LNG launches in Arctic, both Russia and China try to claim success
Last Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin descended on the frigid Yamal Peninsula to participate in the opening ceremony for a
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Blog: Arctic fishing agreement – When climate change drives diplomacy
Negotiations on a landmark agreement for the Arctic concluded last week when the five Arctic coastal states plus Iceland, the
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Blog – Who really built Canada’s first highway to the Arctic Ocean?
Canada’s first highway to the Arctic Ocean opened on Wednesday. This 138-kilometer road between Inuvik, the administrative hub and biggest
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Blog – In debate over Alaska drilling, two Indigenous representatives clash
Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a five-hour hearing on drilling in the Arctic
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Blog – Arctic nickel, not oil, could soon power the world’s cars
The Arctic is often imagined as a new energy frontier because of its ample oil reserves. But what if its
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Blog – Companies ill-prepared to respect indigenous rights in Arctic, study finds
With the temperature at the top of the world rising and demand for natural resources accelerating, the extractive industry is
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Blog – Chasing electric blue icebergs in Greenland
Last week, China’s sole icebreaker, Xue Long (Snow Dragon), completed its first voyage through the Northwest Passage. The Ukrainian-built vessel
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Blog – Tales of the unexpected: Inuit shepherds in Greenland
In Greenland, there’s a joke that if you go out to dinner with a Greenlandic people, there’s five people: mom,
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Blog – Trudeau’s Yukon plan: funding another road to nowhere
The past few years have been good for the Canadian road-building industry in the Arctic. In 2011, former Prime Minister
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Blog: In the Arctic Ocean, an Alaska Native corporation seeks to fill void left by Shell
When Shell aborted its $7 billion Arctic drilling efforts in the Beaufort Sea in September 2015, environmentalists breathed a sigh
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Blog: Explosions in the Arctic: mining gravel in Alaska
On the Fourth of July in the United States of America, fireworks and explosions galore. That means the time is ripe
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Blog: China’s Belt and Road initiative moves into Arctic
When China convened its Belt and Road Forum in Beijing last month, most of the attention focused on the initiative’s
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Blog: China, Japan and South Korea hold dialogue on the Arctic
A little over four years ago, as several Asian countries were vying for observer status in the Arctic Council, there
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