Chinese icebreaker sails to North Pole, explores remote Arctic ridge
The Xue Long 2 (Snow Dragon 2) is on its second Arctic voyage during which it will conduct scientific surveys
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Blog – A Chinese sailboat is circumnavigating the Arctic
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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Blog – Hot times ahead as oil-fuelled Russia chairs the Arctic Council and polar warming picks up pace
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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Alaska senator urges greater U.S. action on Arctic to keep region a zone of peace
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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Political upheaval in Greenland — What does Inuit Ataqatigiit do now?
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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Crisis-ridden Norwegian cruise and adventure company sells properties in Svalbard
Hurtigruten has over many years significantly strengthened its presence in the far northern archipelago and today owns several hotels, office
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Finland’s security services identify China-linked cyber-spying agent in Finnish Parliament hack
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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Finland’s Defence Ministry blocked Chinese plans for research airbase in Lapland
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 welcomes “peaceful, low-tension cooperation” with China in Arctic, says foreign minister
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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Blog – Pole to Pole: India’s Arctic White Paper
India was one of the five Asian governments which were accepted by the Arctic Council as formal observers in 2013,
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Russian transport minister says Northern Sea Route a step closer to year-round passage
The sailing of LNG tanker Christophe de Margerie across the Russian Arctic seaway in mid January shows that shipping on
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Blog – Arctic policy after the U.S. Election, damage control ahead?
To say that United States foreign policy has experienced major upheavals, many of which have caused far more harm than
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China’s new icebreaker completes first Arctic expedition
A major number of sediment samples have been collected from the Arctic seabed in the course of the maiden voyage
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Blog – Whose Arctic security is it anyway?
The question of security in the Arctic has become more pronounced in the region of late. This is thought to
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Are potential Arctic security threats eclipsing urgent action on climate? A new study makes its case
An over-emphasis on narratives around potential resource bonanzas and hard security issues in the Arctic should be recalibrated by policy
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