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Environment

N.W.T. government implementing fire ban for all public and private lands in North Slave
* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 General 

N.W.T. government implementing fire ban for all public and private lands in North Slave

Politics

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Some Indigenous leaders call premiers’ meeting positive but inclusion remains an issue

Society

Oleg Tinkov’s La Datcha among luxury yachts sailing around Svalbard
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Oleg Tinkov’s La Datcha among luxury yachts sailing around Svalbard

Science

Involving community members key to sharing research across N.W.T., advocates say
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Canada Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 Science Science (Canada) 

Involving community members key to sharing research across N.W.T., advocates say

Business

Equinor discovers more oil near Johan Castberg field
* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

Equinor discovers more oil near Johan Castberg field

Art & Culture

Two artists on stage
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Art and Culture Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 3 

The Oktoecho Ensemble Presents “Transcestral”

News

N.W.T. government implementing fire ban for all public and private lands in North Slave
* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 General 

N.W.T. government implementing fire ban for all public and private lands in North Slave

Friday, July 24, 2026CBC News0
Equinor discovers more oil near Johan Castberg field
* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

Equinor discovers more oil near Johan Castberg field

Friday, July 24, 2026Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Some Indigenous leaders call premiers’ meeting positive but inclusion remains an issue

Friday, July 24, 2026CBC News0

Canada

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Canada) 

Some Indigenous leaders call premiers’ meeting positive but inclusion remains an issue

Friday, July 24, 2026CBC News0
N.W.T. government implementing fire ban for all public and private lands in North Slave
* Featured * Canada Countries Environment Environment (Canada) Featured • Zone 1 General 

N.W.T. government implementing fire ban for all public and private lands in North Slave

Friday, July 24, 2026CBC News0
Premier will consider resigning if Yukon goes over debt cap, but commits to avoiding that
* Featured * Canada Countries Featured • Zone 3 General News Politics Politics (Canada) 

Premier will consider resigning if Yukon goes over debt cap, but commits to avoiding that

Thursday, July 23, 2026CBC News0

Denmark/Greenland

Danish prime minister thanks to firm position on Greenland
* Featured * Denmark/Greenland Featured • Zone 3 Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Danish prime minister thanks to firm position on Greenland

Wednesday, June 3, 2026The Associated Press0
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

Finland

Military men looking at a map
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Finland Politics (Finland) 

NATO activates forward land forces presence in Lapland

Monday, June 8, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0
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

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 Bennett2

Norway

Equinor discovers more oil near Johan Castberg field
* Featured * Business Business (Norway) Featured • Zone 2 General Norway 

Equinor discovers more oil near Johan Castberg field

Friday, July 24, 2026Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Oleg Tinkov’s La Datcha among luxury yachts sailing around Svalbard
* Featured * Featured • Zone 2 General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Oleg Tinkov’s La Datcha among luxury yachts sailing around Svalbard

Thursday, July 23, 2026Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
Norwegian citizen detained in Russia
Featured • Zone 2 Geopolitics Geopolitics (Norway) Politics Politics (Norway) 

Norwegian citizen detained in Russia

Friday, June 5, 2026Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer0

Russia

Construction of Arctic LNG platforms resumes as China-made modules arrive in Belokamenka
* Featured * Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 3 General Russia 

Construction of Arctic LNG platforms resumes as China-made modules arrive in Belokamenka

Tuesday, July 21, 2026Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0
“On the brink of emergency”: Arkhangelsk seeks Moscow bailout to avoid winter crisis
* Featured * * Newsroom Picks * Featured • Zone 3 General Newsroom Picks • zone 1 Politics Politics (Russia) Russia 

“On the brink of emergency”: Arkhangelsk seeks Moscow bailout to avoid winter crisis

Friday, July 17, 2026The Independent Barents Observer0
TotalEnergies eyes exit from outlawed Arctic LNG 2
Business Business (Russia) Featured • Zone 2 

TotalEnergies eyes exit from outlawed Arctic LNG 2

Thursday, June 4, 2026Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer0

Sweden

BUCHANTY, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 22: Migrating salmon are seen leaping at Buchanty Spout on the River Tay in Perthshire on October 22, 2020 in Buchanty, Scotland. The salmon are returning upstream from the sea where they have spent between two and four winters feeding, with many covering huge distances to return to the fresh waters to spawn. (Photo by
* Featured * Environment Environment (Sweden) Featured • Zone 3 General Sweden 

Dead salmon in northern Sweden are worrying researchers and fishermen

Monday, July 20, 2026Radio Sweden0
Blueberry season in northern Sweden gets early start
* Featured * Business Business (Sweden) Countries Featured • Zone 2 General Sweden 

Blueberry season in northern Sweden gets early start

Thursday, July 16, 2026Radio Sweden0
EU and Britain target Russian intelligence officers over a major cyberspying campaign
* Featured * Featured • Zone 3 General Politics Politics (Sweden) Sweden 

EU and Britain target Russian intelligence officers over a major cyberspying campaign

Monday, July 13, 2026The Associated Press0

USA

Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in Alaska wildlife refuge
Environment Environment (USA) Featured • Zone 2 

Trump administration to auction oil drilling rights in Alaska wildlife refuge

Friday, June 5, 2026Thomson Reuters0
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

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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