Canadian Arctic – New fractures in centuries-old ice shelf
The last fully intact ice shelf on northern Ellesmere Island in Canada’s Arctic may soon be slipping away. Ice shelves
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ANALYSIS: Wild web-full of Alaska stories offers little in way of reality
What the hell? Was Monday, Aug. 5, the day the sky fell on Alaska? Consider all of what’s filtering up
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SlinCraze – Sami Hip-Hop
More and more attention is being paid to indigenous hip-hop from around the Arctic, especially as it relates to language
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Greenland inspires Arctic Bay, Canada tourism strategy
Arctic Bay, Nunavut has everything going for it when it comes to attracting tourists. This predominantly Inuit community of around
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Circumpolar art takes centre stage at Canadian exhibit
A new exhibit called Sakahàn, featuring works by indigenous artists from around the world, is currently underway at the National
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Alaska and Arctic Shipping: Boon or Boondoggle?
At the July 16-18 Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic held in Washington, D.C., Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski
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VIDEO: Whitehorse City Council like you’ve never seen it before
At times, you come across certain videos that beg to be forwarded, tweeted and Facebooked. Usually, said videos call for
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Commentary: Why close a swath of Alaska if outsiders seldom hunt there anyway?
What sounds like a controversial ban that would prevent most Alaskans, not to mention all other Americans, from hunting caribou
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Growing tourism in Nunatsiavut
The question of how best to foster economic development in remote northern regions is an ongoing one. But tourism has
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BLOG: The Shard Protest – Are environmentalists trampling indigenous views on Arctic development?
Just last year, protestors in Nunavut spoke out against the high cost of milk and other basic foodstuffs. But few
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BLOG: The exceptionality of Inuit diplomacy
This month marked the 20th anniversary of the passing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, the largest land claim
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Developing northern economies: Spotlight Finland
Despite increased commercial activity in the world’s northern regions, the challenge of developing local economies remain. This is true not
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Canadian to retrace 1913 Arctic expedition
A ship drops anchor in the Beaufort Sea, high in the Canadian Arctic. A group of scientists disembark to map
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Film explores ties between Inuit in Greenland and Canada
Much has been written about the rapid social and environmental change faced by Inuit living in the circumpolar world. But
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Canadian festival welcomes artists from across the North
Musicians, singers and other performers from all across the North have descended on the Arctic Canadian city of Iqaluit this
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