Why a warming Arctic needs an investment review mechanism
Increased investment into the Arctic over the coming decades is inevitable. To respond to this, the Arctic’s present international governance structures can be improved...
Searching for Misha: the life and tragedies of the world’s most...
On the morning of August 31 2017, I didn’t meet a remarkable polar bear.It was my third week of fieldwork based out of Longyearbyen,...
Sweden moves to update Sámi reindeer laws in the wake of...
Sweden’s government says it will begin looking at ways to revise that country’s 1971 law regulating reindeer husbandry after a supreme court decision this...
Why Arctic nations should invest in a network of green ports
Due to melting sea ice, Arctic waters are opening for more business, including in the cargo shipping, tourism, and fishing sectors. But that’s a...
How our new virtual world can empower the Arctic
Sighing deeply over coffee, my friend lamented that 2020 has so far been the “year of cancelation ‘on all levels’” — from small birthday...
Edmonton CFL team officially drops name
The CFL’s Edmonton team has made it official: After months of consultation and public pressure, the franchise will drop its name.The football team announced...
In an online poll, Nuuk residents lean towards keeping Egede statue...
An online vote being held to determine the future of a statue in Nuuk, Greenland, that was marked with anti-colonial statements last month amidst...
NTI provides $2.4M to help launch Inuit TV
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. will spend $2.4 million over three years to support plans to create an Inuktut television channel.This commitment — recently announced on...
Greenland’s ‘power elite’ is diverse, but geographically concentrated, study suggests
Greenland’s most influential people are a diverse, relatively large group of individuals who live in Nuuk, are generally better educated than the population at...
How miners’ hunt for metals to power electric cars threatens Sámi...
Tuomas Siilasjoki and Minna Näkkäläjärvi say they were taken by surprise when a mobile drill rig one day appeared in the horizon. Nobody had...
