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...
Alaska’s experience shows benefits — and challenges — of wind energy...
Arctic renewable energy has the potential for a global impact, but stories of energy transformation in the region are often overshadowed. For the month...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
With an Alaska-to-Chukotka flight, travelers push for easier Bering Strait crossings...
After enduring several days of weather delays, a slimmed-down convoy of aviators and travel pioneers intent on strengthening Alaska-Russia ties completed a planned trip...
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...
A new China-Iceland Arctic science observatory is already expanding its focus
It began as an aurora observatory — a place to improve atmospheric observations and space science in northern Iceland, at a rural outpost an...
