Ice-Blog: From Alaska to Ottawa
Ottawa has been the setting for “Arctic Change”, another major Arctic conference this week. It is organised by the research
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Special Features
Ice-Blog: Thick Antarctic ice not sign of cooling
The recent publication of a study on Arctic ice as measured by the “yellow submarine”, an underwater robot, caused a flurry of
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Oryong 501 sinking highlights Arctic fishing, shipping issues
Early in the morning of December 2, the factory trawler Oryong 501 sank into the frigid depths of the Bering Sea off of Russia’s
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London gallery offers multimedia Sámi art
Outi Pieski’s work evokes the bleak snowscapes of the polar north and indigenous Sámi culture stretching back thousands of years.
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Blog: Greenland, Alaska elections bolster Arctic resource extraction
Voters in Greenland and Alaska went to the polls last November, electing politicians from parties in favor of natural resource
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Sweden should make full transition to digital radio by 2022: report
Sweden should make a full transition to digital radio by 2022, according to a plan presented to the government and
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Clues emerging about Arctic gene, diet and health
For thousands of years, the indigenous people of the far north survived the extreme cold of their environment with a
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Canada slow to deliver on Arctic commitments
Canada has fallen behind on meeting its promised Arctic investments, even while new data show its aggregate public spending in
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Blog: A look at Greenland’s upcoming parliamentary elections
On November 28, Greenlanders will go to the polls to vote in a general election for the second time in
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Walrus and moose, salmon and berries: It’s Thanksgiving in Western Alaska
BETHEL — Across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Wednesday, the turkeys were thawing – and so was the moose and walrus,
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Fears that 250 people will move from Svalbard, Norway
The mayor of Longyearbyen, the largest settlement on the Svalbard archipelago in Norway’s Arctic, fears that more than ten percent of the population
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Sweden’s mountain hares changing fur color too early
The fur of mountain hares in the northern county of Västerbotten is changing colors too early, which could put their
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Kremlin moves Arctic closer to Moscow
Governors’ elections will be abolished and the governance of Arctic territories is likely to be transferred to a new Ministry
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Service reindeer for police in Russia’s Arctic
Russian authorities are considering establishing a ‘reindeer police force’ to help combat crime in the Yamalo-Nenets tundra region. Police in Yamalo-Nenets
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Oil lease sale in Arctic Alaska draws big money
Oil companies spent big money Wednesday for rights to explore the Colville River Delta and other state territory, making this
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