Walrus congregation in Northwest Alaska apparently short-lived this year
A congregation of walruses spotted on a Northwest Alaska beach earlier this month numbered about 6,000, but the animals had departed within days and were probably heading...
One of the first scientists to document sea ice retreat puts...
It was the 1970s. The girls in the band were topless and, for the pilots, a night out at The Flyers’ Club, in Gander,...
In accepting Arctic prize, Ban Ki-Moon urges focus on indigenous peoples’...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received the first-ever Arctic Circle Prize for his leadership in bringing together the leaders of the world on a...
Arctic prize honors Ban Ki-moon’s climate efforts
Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, was given a warm welcome to Iceland Saturday as he received the first ever Arctic Circle Prize.
The prize...
Maine’s Arctic ambitions could benefit Alaska
PORTLAND, Maine — The Arctic Council Senior Officials meeting this week in Portland is expected to pump $1 million into the Maine economy. That’s...
Inuit should have a voice in housing design, says panel
ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland—Jack Hébert has spent a good part of his life trying to build more energy-efficient, durable and culturally-relevant home for communities across...
How Maine is turning itself into an Arctic player
PORTLAND, Maine — Promoters of Maine’s stake in Arctic policy often point to a map of the Northwest Passage, the sea route along the...
A proposed mining access road in Alaska’s Arctic could harm subsistence...
The cost of a proposed 200-mile road into Northwest Alaska could weigh heavily on the dinner tables of villagers living near the route, a...
Across the north of Europe, fall gets off to a warmer...
Autumn starts as spring ended—with substantially warmer weather than normal. Summers in the northernmost parts of mainland Europe are getting longer.
According to the Norwegian...
‘Right to Be Cold’ sounds warning of rapid Arctic warming
The Right to Be Cold: One Woman’s Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet
By Sheila Watt-Cloutier; Penguin Canada; 2016; 368...
