A giant Christmas theme park in northern Finland aims to attract...
Plans for the Republic of Santa Claus theme park north of Rovaniemi include a giant transparent dome with round-the-year artificial snowfall and northern lights,...
Barentsburg aims to transform from a coal town into a gateway...
For visitors, the Russian town on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago combines the contrasts of pristine Arctic beauty and Soviet style industry. Nowadays, however, Barentsburg is...
France’s Ponant to offer North Pole cruises starting in 2021
With the continued melting of Arctic sea ice and the further opening of the Arctic Ocean to maritime traffic, cruise ship tourism is the...
How a highway to the Arctic Ocean is changing a corner...
Nearly two years after it opened in Canada’s northwest corner, the only public highway to the Arctic Ocean in North America is seeing a...
The first battery-powered cruise ship sails for the Arctic
The world's first cruise ship propelled partially by battery power is set to head out from northern Norway on its maiden voyage, cruise operator...
A Chinese cargo ship specially built for the Arctic has embarked...
The Chinese cargo ship Tian En is sailing in the west of Hokkaido Island and is set to cross the Soya Strait on Saturday...
Greenland’s first road project connecting settlements clears its last hurdle
Construction of Greenland’s first road connecting two settlements will begin at the end of July, when contractors start work on what will eventually be...
More people are visiting northern Sweden. Too many are leaving something...
As northern Sweden has become increasingly popular among travellers, the Norrbotten region has begun considering whether it should set up portable toilets along some...
As sea ice melts, momentum grows for Nome’s Arctic port plan
The Bering Strait has been a crossing point for millennia.
In past geologic eras, it was a land link that allowed animals and people to...
NOAA plans to test Saildrones for Arctic Ocean mapping
The Arctic Ocean is expected to see a rise in traffic as ice melts and seas warm. Yet according to some estimates, only 4.7...
