Norway’s Bodø will be a 2024 European Capital of Culture
With a campaign that emphasized its Arctic location, Norway's Bodø won the competition to become a European Capital of Culture 2024. It is the first...
A new media campaign highlights difference between walrus and elephant ivory
Revulsion over the devastating poaching of elephants in Africa has had an unintended victim, say Alaska Native groups: the legal and economically important trade...
Murmansk’s governor pitches a major Arctic tourism project to the Kremlin
Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis top regional development priorities traveled to Moscow last week to present the plans for a major Arctic tourism project to...
The head of the Russian Arctic National Park calls for a...
Today, tourists choose Iceland or Svalbard to get Arctic experiences. But if a special customs control zone is established in the Franz Josef Land,...
Climate change, COVID loom over Alaska’s 50th annual Iditarod Sled Dog...
ANCHORAGE —Forty-nine mushers and their teams of huskies trotted through Alaska's largest city on Saturday to start the 50th annual running of the Iditarod...
A father and son’s Ice Age plot to slow Siberian thaw
CHERSKY, Russia — In one of the planet's coldest places, 130 kilometers south of Russia's Arctic coast, scientist Sergey Zimov can find no sign...
WOW Air collapse will dent Iceland’s growth, says central bank
COPENHAGEN — The collapse of budget airline WOW Air last month will dent Iceland's economic growth this year and cause some losses in the...
Arctic tourism is an opportunity for Indigenous-led economic development
Leon, Nicaragua is a city known for volcano boarding. Tourists can pay to hike and then board down the youngest volcano in all of...
Volcano erupts near Iceland’s capital in seismic hot spot
COPENHAGEN — A volcano has erupted on a mountain near Iceland's capital Reykjavik after days of rising earthquake activity in the area, the Icelandic...
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...