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...
With marine traffic growing, international shipping agency approves US-Russia plan for...
The Bering Strait, where vessel traffic is increasing as Arctic sea ice retreats, will have designated shipping lanes and island buffer zones to protect...
For a hefty price, you might soon be able to circumnavigate...
A luxury cruise ship will sail next summer from Nome, Alaska to Tromsø, Norway via the Northern Sea Route and then on to Newfoundland...
For a longtime Arctic guide, once-pristine Svalbard is becoming ‘a rubbish...
“This is what I found during a short 200-meter walk along the shoreline of Sorgfjorden on the north coast of Spitsbergen,”Mats Forsberg tells the...
Ready or not, Greenland is poised to see a rise in...
Earlier this month I attended a wedding in the main church in Ilulissat on Greenland’s west coast, the Zionskirke.I was not invited, I just...
Here’s what the US federal government shutdown means for the Arctic
The Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf departs Dutch Harbor in 2011. The Coast Guard is one of the key Arctic-focused agencies affected...
Ports without shore power will be losers in future cruise ship...
Stortinget, the Norwegian Parliament, has decided to instruct the government to work out a strategy on how to establish shore and charging power for...
Seabourn joins growing number of cruise companies expanding into Arctic
Joining a list of cruise companies expanding into Arctic waters, Seabourn Cruise Line, owned by Carnival Corp., recently announced it will add two new,...
A Game of Thrones-themed ice hotel opens in Arctic Finland
Game of Thrones fans now have the opportunity to get a feel for what sleeping in the Arctic cold is like, surrounded by the army of...
Greenland’s residents grapple with global warming
Snow covered mountains rise above the harbour and town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, June 15, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
The setting sun...
