Blog: Why Republicans’ Russia-envy in the Arctic is misplaced
A flurry of headlines have recently declared that Russia is kicking its militarization efforts in the Arctic into high gear.
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Ice-Blog: Will new climate scientist on board influence Exxon?
Last year I had an interesting guest in the studio here at Deutsche Welle. We talked for a good half
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Ice-Blog: Some Arctic good news – not #fakenews!
With the environment and climate under constant fire from the actions of President Trump, it is great to end the
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Blog: Ceci n’est pas une pipe: The surrealism of Russia’s three new Arctic pipelines
On January 18, Russia’s state owned gas company, Gazprom, opened a new pipeline stretching from the frozen Bovanenkovskoye gas field
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Blog: Arctic 2016 in photos
In 2016, I traveled to far-flung parts of the Arctic I’d never before visited. I spent over two months of
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VIDEO: Arctic Hunting Now
On a recent Eye on the Arctic reporting trip to Nunavut, we ran into a young hunter named Robin Aupilaq Avaala.
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Ice-Blog: Arctic climate (anti-)Trump card in Davos
With the Trump inauguration looming large, we have every reason to be more concerned than ever about the prospects for
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Blog: Tillerson’s hearing: Would U.S.-Russia partnership worsen Arctic climate?
At Senate confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, expected topics like Russia, nuclear
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Ice-Blog: ‘Cheers’ to a cool Arctic in 2017
As 2016 drew to an end, the shortest day has passed in the northern hemisphere, and it should normally be
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Climate, tourism and Obama’s big surprise: 2016 Arctic Year in Review
The end of the year is a time to take stock. Here at Eye on the Arctic, it’s also the
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Blog: Arctic oil – Russia pushes North as U.S. blocks Alaska leasing
While the U.S. Department of the Interior announced earlier this month that it would hold off on leasing areas in the Alaskan
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Ice-Blog: New report sees Arctic melt on course to tip global climate
Scientists say the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has seen such extreme warmth this year that the average annual temperature could
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Blog: Five ways the Dakota access pipeline affects the Arctic
Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in Standing Rock, North Dakota have erupted this past week. For months, members of the Standing Rock
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Blog: Trump’s election a cold reality check for Arctic
Today, half of America woke up feeling overjoyed that finally, their voices had been heard. The other half felt sickened,
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Blog: China’s one belt, one road project, comes to the Arctic
I’ve just published a new article in the peer-reviewed journal Area Development and Policy called “The Silk Road goes north: Russia’s role within China’s
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