US Navy plans to send surface vessels through the Arctic
The United States Navy is drawing up plans to send multiple surface vessels through the Arctic Ocean this summer, signaling a potential change in...
China launches its first domestically built icebreaker
China launched the Xue Long 2 (雪龙2), which translates to “Snow Dragon,” in an elaborate ceremony at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai on Monday. The new...
Traveling exhibit offers clues to how the Franklin Expedition was lost
For more than a century and a half, mystery has shrouded the Franklin Expedition, a doomed attempt to find the fabled Northwest Passage. The...
Russia sets out stringent new rules for foreign ships on the...
The Russian government has elaborated a set of rules for foreign naval vessels sailing on the Northern Sea Route, according to Izvestia. The newspaper has...
Alaska’s new governor has dismissed the state’s climate team and scrapped...
The state of Alaska no longer has an official strategy for addressing climate change.
With an administrative order issued on Feb. 21, Gov. Mike Dunleavy...
Russia’s Northern Sea Route sees record cargo volume in 2018
Russia’s Northern Sea Route saw another record-setting year in 2018 as 18 million tons of cargo traveled along the country’s Arctic coastline. This compares...
Polar bear shot dead after attack on Svalbard
A polar bear was shot and killed Saturday after it attacked and injured a tour guide.
The attack happened Saturday morning when a group of...
Aid is on its way to an icebreaker struggling near the...
After reaching a record-setting point and completing a resupply rendezvous with the German research vessel Polarstern, the Russian icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn is in need...
Why President Trump’s idea to buy Greenland is not a joke...
For more than a week, journalists and commentators across the world have been regarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks that he may consider buying...
As Greenland’s plans to build new airports gather momentum, Denmark is...
When it comes to the future of Greenland’s economy, there are two things lawmakers in Nuuk and in Copenhagen can agree on.
The first is...
