A convoy of private planes is making a friendship flight to...
Three decades after the melting of the “Ice Curtain” that separated Alaska and Russia during the Cold War, a group of Alaska aviators is...
Greenland names first representative to Iceland
Greenland’s foreign ministry on Monday named Jacob Isbosethsen, a long-time foreign policy advisor, to serve as the country’s first representative in Iceland.
Isbosethsen, according to...
Greenland’s first representative in Iceland is a man for all reasons
Before he can chat, Jacob Isbosethsen just needs to have a word with the chef. The last guests have been ushered out and he...
How massive state budget cuts threaten Arctic research and rural public...
The University of Alaska system, known for its Arctic, climate and oceans research, will lose 41 percent of its state funding under budget vetoes...
Alaska’s Red Dog Mine plans expansion into new territory
The operator of one of the world’s biggest zinc mines is seeking government permits that to expand into territory that might result in a...
Russia and Canada may lose their legal claim to Arctic seaways...
As the Arctic changes rapidly, a key legal justification for Russian and Canadian control of Arctic seaways may change as well.
At two different D.C....
In face of uncertainty about Russia, a Nordic gang of four...
From 2009, when they founded Nordefco, a military alliance, until 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, Nordic countries saw closer collaboration as a way to...
UN pins Greenland waste cleanup on Denmark
Greenland was right to demand in 2016 that Denmark assume full responsibility for cleaning up the waste left behind by the U.S. military starting in...
Permafrost thaw threatens millions of Arctic residents and their infrastructure
Across the Arctic, cities, highways, railroads, oil fields and other structures inhabited by or used by people perch precariously on permafrost that is warming.
Now...
Following the lead of Russia’s Yamal LNG, a new plan for...
For half a century, Alaskans have considered plan after plan to build a pipeline that would get the North Slope’s vast but stranded natural...
