How a dispute over China and Greenland’s airports worked its way...
If you look at a map of the Arctic you will notice soon how humongously large Greenland is. It is the world’s largest island.,...
Finland and Sweden say they will continue NATO talks with Turkey
HELSINKI — Finland and Sweden said on Wednesday they would continue a dialogue with Turkey over their bids for NATO membership, but did not...
U.S. military warns against Russian Arctic expansion
U.S. military officials have upped their rhetoric on Russia’s activities in the Arctic.
In statements made before the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. Senate,...
How the Arctic’s limited infrastructure could make coronavirus deadlier in the...
As Arctic countries fight to contain the spread of novel coronavirus infections, Indigenous leaders say the pandemic highlights critical gaps in Northern infrastructure, from...
Russia’s extension of US overflight rights hurts the Arctic
Every week, hundreds of flights on U.S. airlines pass through Russian airspace. Only a handful of these flights actually start or end in Russia....
Inside the U.S. Coast Guard’s unusual winter mission to the Arctic
Before noon on Christmas Day, the heavy icebreaker Polar Star reached the latitude of 72 degrees 11 minutes North — the furthest north a...
U.S. Navy submarines surface near the North Pole as a major...
ICEX 2020, a multi-national military exercise in the Arctic led by the U.S. Navy, began on March 4 with five nations and more than...
Russian warships hold drills in Bering Sea in huge military exercise
MOSCOW — Russian warships held drills in the Bering Sea which separates Russia from Alaska, part of Moscow's biggest military maneuvers since the fall...
Russian Navy commandos boarded a cargo vessel on Northern Sea Route
Russia’s Northern Fleet has stopped a ship suspected of violating sailing regulations in the remote Arctic waters of the Northern Sea Route. It is...
Iceland is key to NATO — but Iceland’s prime minister worries...
Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Prime Minister of Iceland, is rare for her time; a truly left wing European head of government.
She is chairman of Iceland’s...
