U.S. icebreaker fleet will need makeover by about 2020, Coast Guard says
The U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet of two operating Arctic-class icebreakers will be sufficient — if barely so — for about
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Special Features
Blog: Welcoming Barents Observer to Eye on the Arctic!
Today, we are pleased to introduce a new media partner to the Eye on the Arctic project! BarentsObserver.com is a
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Russia: $600 million Kara Sea drilling could be shut down
The United States new round of sanctions on Russia could force Exxon to alter its ongoing drilling in the Kara
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Nuclear power project debates expose political divide in Finland
The Social Democratic Party’s parliamentary group proposed on Tuesday that supplementary applications from both the Fennovoima and TVO nuclear projects
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Blog: Violence and public health in the North – What about the men?
Much ink has been spilled in Canada the past month on the merits of a federal inquiry on missing and
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Unusual species in Alaska waters indicate parts of Pacific warming dramatically
A giant hotspot in the North Pacific Ocean may help explain why a massive ocean sunfish was spotted in Prince
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Feature interview: a pilot project towards food sovereignty in Northern Canada
During his annual visit to the Arctic last month, Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper announced that an experimental modular farm
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Feature interview: ‘Gamifying’ Inuit art
A video game development company based in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, has been working for two years on bringing
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Found at last! Franklin ship lost for 166 years
The well-prepared ships left England in 1845 in search of the fabled Northwest Passage through the Arctic, to the Orient.
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In Northwest Arctic, teens to lead the way in suicide prevention
KOTZEBUE, Alaska — When you talk to Michelle Woods, the fiery leader of the Teck John Baker Youth Leaders program, she
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Putin’s territories: from Crimea to Chukotka
On an overcast day in August, Russian President Vladimir Putin put aside his phone calls to German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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UAF researchers brief NATO delegates on Arctic challenges
About 20 elected officials from 14 NATO countries received a wide-ranging update on Arctic issues and challenges Thursday from University
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Study sheds light on peopling of the Arctic
Archaeologists have been arguing for decades about how human beings got to the new world, and genetic research released today
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Two Alaska Native artifacts return home after clandestine auction bid by nonprofit
Two Alaska Native artifacts have been returned to local Native organizations after some behind-the-scenes intervention from the U.S. State Department
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Finland: Hard to imagine a good explanation for Russia’s airspace violations
Finland’s minister of defence Carl Haglund says Finnish and Russian foreign ministers will meet to discuss the airspace incursions after
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