Historical, 150-year-old map of southwest Yukon on display in Northern Canada
When a precious map arrived in the Yukon from San Francisco last week, Tom Buzzell was shocked at its size.
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MAPS
Russia, U.S. tackle increased shipping in Arctic strait with IMO submission
With Arctic activity on the uptick, Russia and the United States have drafted a new system of two-way routes through
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U.S. spy agency to release high-resolution 3-D maps of the entire Arctic
Following the public release of super-detailed 3-D topographic maps of Alaska last week, the United States government plans to gradually
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Google technology shares Santa’s village in Arctic Finland with global audience
The internet giant Google has leveraged its global reach to offer the world a look at the place where Santa
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Arctic Satellite image of the week: Russia discovers new island in its Arctic
In September 2013, two military helicopter pilots transporting equipment from Tiksi, a port city in northeast Russia, to the New Siberian Islands spotted
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Blog: Revisualizing the Cryosphere
Earlier this week, I participated in the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Polar Data Visualization Hackathon in New York City. Remote sensing scientists, glaciologists,
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Blog: Northern Sea Route – Open for business?
Russia’s Northern Sea Route Administration has received 604 applications for transits this year. The bulk of sailings take place on the
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Blog: With Keystone XL delay, Alberta, Canada looks North
Keystone XL, the $5.4 billion, 1,897-kilometer pipeline that would transport crude oil from the Alberta tar sands across the border
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Blog: The Russian Far East, the Arctic and Foreign Trade
On Monday, I wrote about the diamond mine located in Mirny, a city in the Sakha Republic in the Russian
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Blog: Mapping and distorting the Arctic
I’m here at the University of Minnesota’s Polar Boot Camp, which is run by the on-campus Polar Geospatial Center (PGC).
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Blog: Interactive atlas shows Inuit trails
Last week, a new atlas was released documenting the network of pan-Inuit trails crisscrossing the Arctic from Alaska to Greenland.
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