Longread – Svalbard town phasing out coal to become gateway for Russia’s Arctic tourism
For visitors, the Russian town on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago combines the contrasts of pristine Arctic beauty and Soviet style industry.
Read moreFor visitors, the Russian town on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago combines the contrasts of pristine Arctic beauty and Soviet style industry.
Read moreWhen Sir John Franklin left Britain with two ships and 129 sailors in 1845, it was to be an epic
Read moreNearly five years ago, I wrote a post comparing the Arctic and Central Asia. Though at first glance the regions don’t seem
Read moreTeachers, students and families across Canada will now have access to a map of the country that doesn’t include its
Read moreThere’s no placard marking the historical significance of the Government Hill Wireless Station in Anchorage, southern Alaska. The property played
Read moreThe Ahiarmiut and the Canadian government have come to a settlement agreement of $5 million for forced relocations of the
Read moreOne hundred years after a wooden ship set sail from Norway with the hopes of reaching the North Pole, the
Read moreThousands of years ago on Russia’s Kola Peninsula, retreating glaciers shaved off the pointy peaks of the Khibiny Mountains. The
Read moreTo be released in October, Kursk will be the “first ever” fully fledged adventure-documentary game. It is August 2000 and
Read moreRussia’s nuclear watchdog authorises operation until 2033, twice the originally planned lifetime. Environmental NGO Bellona is deeply worried about safety.
Read moreEighty years ago there were no white-tailed deer in Finland, but today the species is the country’s second-most populous game
Read moreLast week, I recounted my overland journey with thirty-some colleagues from Kirkenes, Norway to Murmansk, Russia. The five-hour road trip
Read moreOn a gray June day, a group of thirty-odd Arctic scholars and artists participating in a traveling symposium called the
Read moreWartime depth charges and naval mines in the Gulf of Finland pose an increasing environmental risk to marine life, according
Read moreA box containing human remains was dropped off anonymously at the Ottawa offices of a national organization representing Inuit on
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