Legislation aims at making alcohol more expensive in Greenland
When discussing alcohol consumption in Greenland, Denmark often provides a frame of reference. Back in the 1980s, every resident over the age of 14 put...
Community-based research a focus as circumpolar indigenous groups met last month...
Forced relocations, dealing with harvesting regulations, having to leave a small community to go to college or university—does any of this sound familiar?
While many...
Helsinki proposes an Arctic rail link with Norway
As Finland takes over the chair of Arctic Council, it addresses its Nordic neighbor about the grand development of a railway connection to the...
After Alaska meeting, Arctic mayors pledge more work on shared goals
Just hours after the Arctic Council hosted its ministerial meeting May 11 in Fairbanks, Alaska, circumpolar mayors from cities such as Nome, Alaska, Iqaluit,...
A year after its historic voyage, the Crystal Serenity is preparing...
Physically and financially capable travellers looking to visit the Arctic are in luck: the Crystal Serenity, a luxury cruise ship, will be staging a...
Opening ANWR to oil drilling is priority in Trump’s proposed budget
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump made clear Tuesday that opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling is among his top priorities,...
Trump risks ‘lasting damage’ if US pulls out of Paris climate...
The Trump administrations risks causing "lasting damage" to relations with key European allies if the United States abandons the Paris climate agreement, a key...
Arctic char stocks in Iceland’s rivers and lakes are being depleted
Warmer temperatures seem to be affected stocks of Arctic char in Iceland, scientists say.
"The big picture is that since the year 2000 there's been...
What a new Canadian report on Arctic leadership means for Canada’s...
After months of work, Mary Simon, Canada’s Special Representative on Arctic Leadership has released her recommendations to the Federal Government.
Simon, a well known Inuit...
Scientists head to Greenland’s ice sheet to seek facts about politically...
Danish and Greenlandic scientists are in the final stages of planning for a month-long expedition to Camp Century, an abandoned U.S. military facility built...