Blog – Alaska Native Regional Corporations are responsible for pollution, too
Two weeks ago, I wrote about how Alaska’s Red Dog Mine is the most toxic site in America. This story has been
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Blog – America’s most toxic site is in the Alaskan Arctic
In the Alaskan Arctic, Iñupiat sail across seas they’ve navigated for thousands of years in search of a whale to
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Blog – Bitcoin mining: The next rush to hit the Arctic?
Deep in the heart of Siberia near the alluring shores of Lake Baikal lies Irkutsk – a city fast becoming
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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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Economic development in the North: The taboo no one wants to talk about
In August 2016, Mary Simon, the veteran Inuit and Canadian political leader, was appointed the Minister’s Special Representative on Arctic
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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 language survival – Iceland to the rescue?
Part One of this series looked at the broad issue of language endangerment and its links to ecological disruption in
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Blog: Can environmental diplomacy save Arctic languages?
Following a 2008 symposium on indigenous arctic languages in Tromsø, Norway, the Indigenous Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council launched
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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 – 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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