Why don’t the caribou cross the road?
Why don’t the caribou cross the road? That is the question raised by a new study into caribou behavior around
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Alaska
Ice-Blog: Record permafrost erosion in Alaska bodes ill for Arctic infrastructure
Sitting in my office on the banks of the river Rhine, I am trying to imagine what would happen if
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Stop romanticizing Arctic development say indigenous leaders
TROMSO, Norway – Indigenous communities around the North are struggling economically and want development more than ever, as long as it’s done
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Alaskans win Norwegian film contest
BETHEL — The challenge was to make a short film about the Arctic that went beyond icons like polar bears
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U.S. Coast Guard inches towards new icebreaker
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard inched closer last week to acquiring a new heavy-duty icebreaker for the Arctic. Admiral Paul
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Alaska, COP21& the Arctic Council: 2015 Year in Review (Part 2)
2015 has drawn to a close which means Eye on the Arctic is looking back at the year’s news and events
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Arctic Alaska permafrost thawing quickly
Even as he monitored signs of thaw under the ground of Interior Alaska, permafrost expert Vladimir Romanovsky was giving assurances a
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Warming evident in Arctic air and waters: report
The Arctic is warming at twice the global pace — and Arctic warming is affecting other parts of the world.
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Ice-Blog: Paris – A COP-out for Arctic Peoples?
On a recent edition of DW’s Living Planet programme, Lakeidra Chavis reported on the effect of melting permafrost on indigenous
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For Alaskans in Paris, climate talks hit home
After two weeks of talks, representatives from around the world hammered out the final details of a global climate change agreement
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Ice-Blog:: Arctic residents in hot water
At the swimming club last weekend, one of my fellow swimmers complained the water was too warm. She said she
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Arctic artworks featured at Canadian auction
The Walker’s Inuit and First Nations Art auction is known for its focus on Canadian art from the Far North. But
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Forecast: $80 oil at decade’s end
The International Energy Agency is predicting the return of higher oil prices, but not soon enough to end the gut
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Drivers criticize Anchorage road conditions
Schools closed, drivers slipped, slid and crashed into each other, and for the second time in a week there was generalized
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Ice-Blog: Farewell to ‘Last Ice’ victims
Ice Blog readers may remember the story of the two ice researchers and polar explorers who died when they broke
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