Why President Trump’s idea to buy Greenland is not a joke...
For more than a week, journalists and commentators across the world have been regarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks that he may consider buying...
Norway won’t participate in a major European NATO exercise next year
NATO’s northernmost country, with a direct border to Russia’s militarized Kola Peninsula relies heavily on allied reinforcements, but lacks capacity to join when its...
The US Navy’s new Arctic strategy is limited in scope and...
The U.S. Navy quietly released a barebones new Arctic Strategic Outlook earlier this year, which critics say doesn't do enough to sketch the challenges...
A new China-Iceland Arctic science observatory is already expanding its focus
It began as an aurora observatory — a place to improve atmospheric observations and space science in northern Iceland, at a rural outpost an...
The U.S. Navy ups its Arctic engagement, sending ships north and...
The U.S. Navy continues to step up its Arctic engagement, sending one cruiser and three destroyers into North Atlantic waters, and establishing a temporary...
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...
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...
Russia releases secret footage of the 1961 Arctic test of ‘Tsar...
MOSCOW — Russia has released previously classified footage of the world's largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba...
The US Navy’s revived 2nd Fleet, with a focus on the...
The U.S. Navy’s 2nd Fleet, revived last year to provide a bigger U.S. presence in the North Atlantic and Arctic, now has enough staff to...
