Thawing permafrost is causing trouble for Alaska’s Red Dog mine. Solutions could be costly
Rusting rivers and huge rainfall have complicated pollution control at Northwest Alaska’s massive zinc…
Analysis
COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss
Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word)…
Memo to Arctic businesses: Stop treating science as an afterthought
As commercial interest in the Arctic grows, its future prosperity faces a new requirement:…
On rivers and in courtrooms, Alaska battles for land inside national parks and preserves
For decades, Alaska land managers have been working to confirm the state’s ownership of…
Sweden picks Hyundai Heavy Industries to build icebreaker as Finland loses out
The decision, first reported by Tekniikka&Talous, has been appealed by Davie/Helsinki Shipyard Image: Aker…
Alaska, not Greenland, should worry the United States in the Arctic
This article was originally published by The Arctic Institute. In 2024, China inched closer…
The challenge of counting icebreakers
This is a reproduction of an article that first appeared on Sixty Degrees North.…
Have we reached peak Arctic Circle?
People often eagerly discuss the end of the Arctic. Yet realizing that the Arctic…
Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience
Remnants of a powerful typhoon swept into Western Alaska’s Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Oct. 12,…
