Blog: To understand the road to the Arctic Ocean, first go south
For the past few weeks, I’ve been in the Northwest Territories studying the new highway being constructed between Inuvik and
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Blog: A Russian icebreaker and an Italian pianist float into the Arctic…
From floating piano concerts to new icebreakers launching, a lot is going on in the Arctic lately. On June 16, Russia
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Ice-Blog: Can we halt Arctic melt? Hard question for UN advisor
I had a very interesting high-profile visitor here at Deutsche Welle this week. Bonn, John Le Carré’s “Small Town in
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Blog: Proposed ‘Northern Corridor’ would bypass much of Canada’s north
A new research paper issued by the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy has proposed establishing a right-of-way for a
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Blog: Winter in the world’s coldest city
As Memorial Day Weekend kicks off the summer in the United States, what better time than to look back on
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Blog: An acute crisis in northern health care
It’s often said that you can’t put a price on good health. But as I learned at a conference in
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Ice-Blog: Translating COP21 from intent into action… is time running out?
After all the hype surrounding the Paris Climate Agreement in December, there is a real danger of anti-climax, of feeling
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Blog: At White House, U.S. and Nordic leaders talk shop on the Arctic
Last Friday, over a state dinner of cured salmon, salt-cured ahi tuna, and venison tartar with truffle vinaigrette, President Barack
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Ice-Blog: Arctic sea ice, Greenland and Europe’s weird weather
As I write this, I am sitting in a short-sleeved shirt with the window open, enjoying an unusually warm start
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Blog: Eimskip in Maine – A saga for the 21st-century Arctic
Last week, I wrote about my visit to the state of Maine, an up-and-coming actor in Arctic affairs. One of
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Blog: The EU’s Arctic policy – A means, not an end
Last week, the European Union launched a new integrated Arctic policy. This comes on the heels of a 2008 Arctic
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Blog: The Maine doorway to the Arctic
A few weeks ago, I took a red-eye flight from Los Angeles to the Arctic. Or at least that’s how some
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Ice-Blog: Earth Day, Climate pact signing – and the Arctic?
How are you feeling this Earth Day? In some ways it could mark a turning point for the planet, with
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Ice-Blog: Arctic off limits for giant trawlers?
This past winter, one of the favourite fish dishes being served up here in Germany was skrei, or Arctic cod.
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Blog: Seen from space: Canadian highway to Arctic Ocean nears completion
A few days ago, The Washington Post ran a story about the Dalton Highway in Alaska. This packed gravel road courses
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