Blog: Russia puts countries on edge in the Arctic
The Arctic has been one of the bright spots in cooperation between Russia and the West for several years now
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Blog: Where to go for in-depth Arctic Winter Games coverage
The Arctic Winter Games (AWG) is currently underway in Fairbanks, Alaska. The event began on March 15 and runs until
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Blog: Ukraine’s impact on Arctic gas development: Part II
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the potential impacts Ukraine could have on Arctic gas development. Last week, I
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Blog: Russia, icebreakers and Arctic identity
On March 7 at the Opening Ceremonies for the Sochi Paralympic Games, a giant mock Russian icebreaker sailed across the
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Ice-Blog: Eco-group questions Iceland oil
Back in January, China’s state-owned oil company CNOOC obtained an Arctic exploration licence for the remote Dreki area, 125 miles
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Ice-Blog: First World Wildlife Day and the Arctic
Maybe like me you were not aware that up to now there had been NO World Wildlife Day. Sometimes I
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Ice-Blog: Birthday gift for Svalbard seed vault
On the Arctic island of Svalbard in the Spitsbergen archipelago, 1500 kilometers from the North Pole, special deliveries are arriving
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Ice-Blog: Why melting Arctic ice leaves us cold!
Since I attended a workshop on “Creating a Climate for Change” in Tromso in January, I have been thinking a
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Blog: Oil companies push ahead with plans in Russia and Canada while sidelined in the U.S.
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that more crude oil is being sent by sea and inland waterways
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Blog: Big hockey weekend for Eye on the Arctic community
It will be a big Olympic hockey weekend for the Eye on the Arctic community! Finland’s @leijonat faces off against
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Ice-Blog: Climate change back on the agenda?
Trawling the media for climate-related stories over the weekend, I began to see some signs that the message might be
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Feature Interview: The return of Inuit Art Quarterly (Audio)
Inuit Art Quarterly, long regarded as one of the most important sources of information on the art and artists of
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Ice-Blog: Arctic infrastructure cannot keep pace
The Russian response to Greenpeace’s protest at the Arctic Prirazlomnoye oil rig made it clear to a lot of people
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Blog: Air Greenland nixes helicopter order
Earlier this week, we looked at some stories about how the reality of drilling in the Arctic wasn’t necessarily living
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Ice-Blog: Greenland glacier at record speed
I have been working on a story about whether the Arctic infrastructure would be able to cope with a shipping
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