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Environment

Nunavut: Green light for construction at Hope Bay gold mine
* Featured * Environment Featured • Zone 1 General 

Nunavut: Green light for construction at Hope Bay gold mine

Politics

N.W.T. gov’t sees boost in Indigenous hiring after overhaul of affirmative action policy
Featured • Zone 3 Politics Politics (Canada) 

N.W.T. gov’t sees boost in Indigenous hiring after overhaul of affirmative action policy

Society

Inuk woman sitting
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Lead found in water at Iqaluit’s only Inuktitut daycare

Science

4 more sailors lost on doomed 1845 Arctic expedition identified
Newsroom Picks • zone 2 Science Science (Canada) 

4 more sailors lost on doomed 1845 Arctic expedition identified

Business

First oil from Pikka ‘imminent,’ as developer hails biggest North Slope project in decades
Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 

First oil from Pikka ‘imminent,’ as developer hails biggest North Slope project in decades

Art & Culture

New foundation in Ulukhaktok wants to revitalize arts with dedicated space
Art (Canada) Art and Culture 

New foundation in Ulukhaktok wants to revitalize arts with dedicated space

News

Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard
* Featured * Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 1 Norway 

Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard

Wednesday, May 20, 2026CBC News0
Chloe stands with her father, mother and younger brother.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Fort Good Hope mother says medical bureaucracy increased stress

Wednesday, May 20, 2026CBC News0
Inuk woman sitting
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Society 

Lead found in water at Iqaluit’s only Inuktitut daycare

Wednesday, May 20, 2026CBC News0

Canada

Chloe stands with her father, mother and younger brother.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Society (Canada) 

Fort Good Hope mother says medical bureaucracy increased stress

Wednesday, May 20, 2026CBC News0
An Elections Yukon sign outside the office in downtown Whitehorse on May 15, 2026.
* Featured * Canada Featured • Zone 2 Politics (Canada) 

Watchdog dubs Yukon’s political party finance system worst in Canada

Tuesday, May 19, 2026CBC News0
Ottawa injects $957.8M into small craft harbours
* Featured * Canada Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 3 

Ottawa injects $957.8M into small craft harbours

Monday, May 18, 2026Eye on the Arctic0

Denmark/Greenland

The Greenlandic prime minister speaks in front of an EU flag.
* Featured * Countries Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 2 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland’s prime minister tells Trump’s envoy self-determination can’t be negotiated

Monday, May 18, 2026The Canadian Press0
The Greenlandic prime minister speaks in front of an EU flag.
* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland’s leader says U.S. military presence part of talks with Trump’s diplomats

Wednesday, May 13, 2026CBC News0
Greenland prime minister rebuffs Trump remarks as NATO tensions rise
* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Greenland prime minister rebuffs Trump remarks as NATO tensions rise

Thursday, April 9, 2026Thomson Reuters2

Finland

Heatwave temperatures possible next week
Environment Environment (Finland) Featured • Zone 3 

Heatwave temperatures possible next week

Friday, May 15, 2026Yle News0
Lapland college launches wilderness guide training in English
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 Society Society (Finland) 

Lapland college launches wilderness guide training in English

Monday, April 27, 2026Yle News0
Foreign seasonal workers face exploitation in northern Finland
* Featured * Business Business (Finland) Countries Featured • Zone 3 Finland General 

Foreign seasonal workers face exploitation in northern Finland

Thursday, April 16, 2026Yle News0

Iceland

NATO chief to Arctic Allies: “We’re all frontline states now,” as Iceland’s role grows
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Iceland) 

NATO chief to Arctic Allies: “We’re all frontline states now,” as Iceland’s role grows

Monday, December 1, 2025Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0
Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse
* Featured * Environment Environment (Iceland) Featured • Zone 3 General Iceland News 

Iceland sees security risk, existential threat in Atlantic Ocean current’s possible collapse

Wednesday, November 12, 2025Thomson Reuters0
Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Blog Featured • Zone 2 General Iceland Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Iceland) 

Blog: Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?

Wednesday, October 22, 2025Mia Bennett1

Norway

Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard
* Featured * Environment (Norway) Featured • Zone 1 Norway 

Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard

Wednesday, May 20, 2026CBC News0
British carrier deploys north for NATO exercise amid increase in Russian overflights
Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) 

British carrier deploys north for NATO exercise amid increase in Russian overflights

Friday, May 15, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Norwegian F-35s track Russian bombers carrying long-range cruise missile
Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) News 

Norwegian F-35s track Russian bombers carrying long-range cruise missile

Friday, May 8, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0

Russia

It remains unclear whether reactors will be fuelled before being towed around Scandinavia
Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) 

It remains unclear whether reactors will be fuelled before being towed around Scandinavia

Thursday, May 14, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Russia expresses fury over memorial vandalism in Norwegian borderland, after monument repairs
Geopolitics Geopolitics (Russia) Politics Politics (Russia) 

Russia expresses fury over memorial vandalism in Norwegian borderland, after monument repairs

Thursday, May 7, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Murmansk trapped in coal dust
Environment Environment (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 

Murmansk trapped in coal dust

Monday, May 4, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0

Sweden

Sweden halts plans for power cable to Denmark over disagreement with EU funding plan
Business Business (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 

Sweden halts plans for power cable to Denmark over disagreement with EU funding plan

Monday, May 11, 2026Thomson Reuters0
Two held in Sweden over suspected deliveries of hi-tech gear to Russia
Geopolitics Geopolitics (Sweden) Politics Politics (Sweden) 

Two held in Sweden over suspected deliveries of hi-tech gear to Russia

Monday, May 11, 2026Thomson Reuters0
Sweden arrests Chinese captain of suspected Russia-linked vessel
Featured • Zone 3 Geopolitics Politics Politics (Sweden) Society (Sweden) 

Sweden arrests Chinese captain of suspected Russia-linked vessel

Monday, May 4, 2026Thomson Reuters0

USA

First oil from Pikka ‘imminent,’ as developer hails biggest North Slope project in decades
Business Business (USA) Featured • Zone 3 

First oil from Pikka ‘imminent,’ as developer hails biggest North Slope project in decades

Friday, May 15, 2026Alaska Public Media0
Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says
Environment Environment (USA) 

Alaska wildlife agents can kill bears from helicopters in an effort to protect caribou, judge says

Thursday, May 7, 2026The Associated Press0
Alaska-based icebreakers latest U.S. move to reassert presence in North
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaska-based icebreakers latest U.S. move to reassert presence in North

Friday, April 17, 2026Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0

Podcasts

Arctic Tourism and the Pandemic

Longforms

Arctic Ambition: Taloyoak’s quest to transform its economy through environmental protection
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 2 Featured Longform Longform Newsroom Picks • zone 2 

Arctic Ambition: Taloyoak’s quest to transform its economy through environmental protection

Wednesday, June 12, 2024Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic0

Blog

Blog—Trump’s distraction from the real Greenland problem
* Featured * Blog Denmark/Greenland Environment Environment (Denmark/Greenland) Featured • Zone 3 General News 

Blog—Trump’s distraction from the real Greenland problem

Tuesday, February 24, 2026Irene Quaile1

Video Reports

Inuit artists reflect on their art, their culture and their language
Art Art (Canada) Canada Culture General Video Reports 

Inuit artists reflect on their art, their culture and their language

Wednesday, November 6, 2019Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic1

Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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