Supply barge adrift in the Arctic for months
A Canadian company’s supply barge which has been floating loose around the Arctic since last October, is now just off
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Ice-Blog: Arctic oil – still in the picture
Was it too good to be true? The euphoria over the US administration’s moves to protect the Arctic National Wildlife
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Blog: Greenland – barrels of oil and bottles of water
In the past week, there have been two interesting stories about Greenland in the news. The first is in The Economist,entitled, “Greenland
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Ice-Blog: Climate worry grows at Arctic Frontiers
I have followed the past two days, the political section of the Arctic Frontiers conference, with great interest, with the
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Ice-Blog: A good haul for polar night team
The Polar Night cruise will come to an end on Tuesday, when the last of the scientists will leave the
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Ice-Blog: How adaptable are Arctic ecosystems?
The man in charge of this scientific cruise is Stig Falk-Petersen, Professor at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromso
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Ice-Blog: Ice and mud, glorious mud
Most of the time our ship is out of range of internet connectivity, so this post will be delivered to
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Ice-Blog: Snow delays? In Norway?
Norway is one place that generally has no problem with a bit of snow, but my flight from Oslo to
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Study shows polar bears relocating to icier Canadian Archipelago
Polar bears are relocating from ice-sparse parts of the Arctic to the Canadian Archipelago, an area with more dependable summer
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Ice-Blog: Arctic investment – still a hot prospect?
As I mentioned in the last post, I talked to various people about the current state of interest in the Arctic,
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Canada slow to deliver on Arctic commitments
Canada has fallen behind on meeting its promised Arctic investments, even while new data show its aggregate public spending in
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Ice-Blog: Arctic icon in decline
As I plan my coverage of this year’s annual UN climate conference, this time in Peru, a news item from WWF pops
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Ice-Blog: The Arctic on the UN agenda
To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for
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Ice-Blog: Arctic Economic Council – and the environment?
I would like to share my thoughts with you on the founding meeting of the Arctic Economic Council, taking place
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Blog: Field notes from Greenland – A glacier calves
Part of Russell Glacier just east of the road from Kangerlussuaq up to the ice sheet collapsed into the river
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