Issues affecting circumpolar nations
A potential Canadian Northern Corridor (CNC) would present important economic advantages for Canada, but could also present security challenges, says
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The developers of the far northern Indiga project are courting Chinese investors. The plans to build a methanol plant on
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The Xue Long 2 (Snow Dragon 2) is on its second Arctic voyage during which it will conduct scientific surveys
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Chinese artist-sailor Zhai Mo (翟墨) has just set sail from Shanghai to embark on a four-month journey around the Arctic
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The bi-annual Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 20th attracted a lot of media interest – not least
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With China and Russia increasingly jockeying for position in the Arctic, the U.S. needs to pay greater attention the region,
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The future of a rare earth mineral extraction project in Greenland is now up in the air, after the left-wing
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Hurtigruten has over many years significantly strengthened its presence in the far northern archipelago and today owns several hotels, office
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The Finnish Security and Intelligence Service (Supo) has identified a cyber espionage operation as being behind a cyber-attack on Finland’s Parliament last
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A Chinese state research institute sought to lease or buy an airport adjacent to a military zone in 2018. Yle
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Iceland says it welcomes Arctic cooperation with China but that multilateral system values need to be protected. “It’s great to
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India was one of the five Asian governments which were accepted by the Arctic Council as formal observers in 2013,
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The sailing of LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie across the Russian Arctic seaway in mid January shows that shipping on
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To say that United States foreign policy has experienced major upheavals, many of which have caused far more harm than
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A major number of sediment samples have been collected from the Arctic seabed in the course of the maiden voyage
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