Lodge owner in northern Canada apologizes for racist slur in brochure
“Holy cow, how could I be so stupid,” said lodge owner Brent Fleck after his planning guide warning guests to
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Special Features
Blog: Reflections on 8th international congress of Arctic social sciences
In the logging town-turned service center of Prince George, British Columbia, close to 500 people descended upon the University of
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Arctic sea ice littered with tiny bits of ‘microplastic’ pollution
Dartmouth scientist Rachel Obbard was looking at samples of Arctic sea ice for small organisms when something else caught her
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Feature Interview: What tree rings tell us about climate in the Arctic
Tree rings in the Arctic hold important information about the northern environment. But the so called ‘divergence problem,’ that is
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Ice-Blog: Keeping Greenland in focus
Two interesting publications relating to Greenland caught my eye over the past few days. But it has not proved easy
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Updated: Canadian Inuit blast ruling on continued EU seal ban as ‘morally reprehensible’
The leader of Canada’s national Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), denounced Thursday’s WTO ruling upholding an EU ban on
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Finnish companies come together for new climate change initiative
The Climate Leadership Council, launched on Wednesday by SITRA and 6 large companies, encourages cleantech innovations and other ideas that
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WTO upholds EU ban on seal products
The World Trade Organization appellate body issued a ruling on Thursday that upholds the controversial European Union seal ban. A
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Ice-Blog: Ukraine’s shadow on Arctic cooperation
When a meeting of the Senior Arctic Officials of the Arctic Council scheduled to take place in Canada in June
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U.S. participation in Arctic Council lacks coordination, follow-through: report
A report released Monday from the Government Accountability Office suggests U.S. participation in the Arctic Council lacks coordination and follow-through.
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Thousands of troops prepare for war games in Finland’s Arctic
Nearly 5,000 troops will descend on Finnish Lapland from Tuesday for a two-week series of military exercises – the largest
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Soot, heat combined to create unusual melt on Greenland’s ice sheet
The 10,521-foot summit of Greenland’s desolate ice sheet was the site of a rare phenomenon in 2012 — the top
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Hundreds demonstrate against mining in Arctic Sweden
Hundreds of people travelled from Sweden’s Arctic this weekend to demonstrate against what they call the unsustainable “mining boom” in
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Web doc sheds light on Inuit relocation in Arctic Canada
The relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Canada’s High Arctic in the 1950s is one of the darkest episodes
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Solar halos grace the skies in North Finland
Solar halos are not a rare sight, but on Wednesday they were seen gracing the skies across an unusually broad
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