Greenland picks Denmark as airport project partner over Beijing
COPENHAGEN — Greenland on Monday picked Denmark as partner in a planned airport upgrade as it sought to defuse a diplomatic row over how...
What Duncan Hunter’s indictment means for the Arctic
What does the scandal surrounding a U.S. Congressman from sunny Southern California have to do with the Arctic?More than you might think.As chair of...
Protecting its booming fish exports, the Faroe Islands refuse to support...
There are a surprising number of Russians here in Torshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands; the small semi-autonomous sub-Arctic nation of 18 islands...
Canadian navy preps for the perils of iceberg alley
The watch crew standing on the bridge of the HMCS Charlottetown hold on tight on Sept. 2 and brace themselves against the shock of...
Greenland premier seeks a new majority after populists leave government in...
Greenlandic premier Kim Kielsen is scrambling to assembly a majority in the national assembly before the start of the autumn session on September 28...
German forces land in Norway for major NATO exercises
FREDRIKSTAD, Norway — German troops and vehicles arrived in Norway on Friday for the largest exercise on NATO's northern flank since the Cold War...
As ice recedes, the Arctic isn’t prepared for more shipping traffic
I was aboard the 364-foot Russian research-cruise ship Akademik Ioffe when it came to a violent stop after grounding on a shoal in a...
Barentsburg aims to transform from a coal town into a gateway...
For visitors, the Russian town on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago combines the contrasts of pristine Arctic beauty and Soviet style industry. Nowadays, however, Barentsburg is...
A decade on, a Greenland rare-earths mine is close to final...
A decision on whether to permit mining at one of the world’s largest deposits of rare-earth elements has moved to its final stage after...
Norway’s new oil minister says Lofoten moratorium remains in place
OSLO — Norway's moratorium on oil exploration in the waters around the Arctic Lofoten-Vesteraalen-Senja archipelago will remain in place, the country's new oil minister Kjell-Boerge Freiberg...
