Norway and Russia adjusting border line
For the first time since 1947 Norwegian and Russian authorities are adjusting the 196 kilometers long border between the two
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Special Features
Russia’s new maritime doctrine to strengthen Arctic presence
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has approved a new maritime doctrine that focuses on naval presence in the Arctic and the
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Beaufort, Chukchi and Bering waves are getting bigger: study
Waves grew bigger and spaced farther apart as ice cover diminished in the Arctic and sub-Arctic waters off Alaska and western Canada,
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Feature Interview: Canadian artist explores Greenland’s past
Jessica Auer, a Canadian visual artist based in Montreal, Quebec, still remembers the first time she visited L’Anse aux Meadows
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Fishing, science missions and the end of diesel in the North? – Arctic week in review
On this week’s news round-up, we bring you some of your most read stories from Eye on the Arctic this
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Blog: The return of the Arctic Five
Last week, the five Arctic Ocean coastal states signed a much heralded moratorium on fishing in the high seas portion
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Limits put on Shell’s Arctic drilling
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior gave Shell approval Wednesday for exploratory drilling at two sites in the
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Canada’s remote communities work to reduce diesel use
Two of Canada’s northern territories, along with several of its provinces, are establishing a task force to reduce the use
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Arctic Alaska meeting planned for Kerry, Lavrov and other officials
WASHINGTON — U.S. State Department officials are planning a “ministerial event” on Arctic policy later this summer in Alaska that could
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Arctic countries ban fishing around North Pole
Decades ago, fishermen, fishery managers and environmentalists from Alaska and the Soviet Union put aside their nations’ differences to try
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U.S. Coast Guard gears up for Shell’s Chukchi season
As Shell gears up to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer, the Coast Guard is getting ready, too. At
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Ice-Blog: Polar ice set for six-metre sea level rise?
Small increases in global average temperature may eventually lead to sea level rise of six metres or more, according to
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Five invasive species threatening Finland’s nature
A considerable number of different alien plant and animal species have been brought to Finland and taken hold since being
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Blog: Northern Canada doesn’t have a university … Does it need one?
Much ado has been made by the fact that northern Canada – specifically the territories – does not have a
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Snow cover nears record low across North
The Northern Hemisphere had a near-record low snow cover in June, especially in western Canada and Alaska, and the drier
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