The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 18 December, 2023
Scientists Introduce a New Approach to Studying The Arctic Seafloor As reported by Mint Lounge on December 18, scientists at the US-based Sandia National Laboratories are using a new approach to study the changing Arctic seafloor. This approach uses an existing fiber optic cable…
Tony Heller Confirms Global Warming!
As the New Year rapidly approaches Tony Heller is up to his old Arctic tricks yet again. No doubt we’ll get on to many of his hoary old chestnuts in due course, but although I may easily have blinked and…
The U.S. Initiates Extended Continental Shelf Claims
The US Department of State released the geographic coordinates defining the outer limits of the U.S. continental shelf in areas beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast, known as the extended continental shelf (ECS). The continental shelf is the extension of a…
Ukraine joins NATO’s Arctic projects against Russia
In a plea earlier this month to Republicans not to block further military aid to Ukraine, US President Joe Biden warned that if Russia is victorious, then President Vladimir Putin will not stop and will attack a NATO country. Biden’s…
Kiren Rijiju flags off India’s maiden winter science expedition to Arctic
A team of four scientists will embark on the journey on Tuesday to India’s research station in the NyAlesund town on the Brogger peninsula where research institutes from 10 countries have laboratories. The four members of the team, all first-timers…
Spitsbergen: in search of Polar Bears, Bowhead Whales and Arctic Birds for 2025
Dates: 10-17 June 2025Price: 8 Days from £3575 excluding flights. Single supplement £3,500**International flights: £900 * The price and deposit quoted above is per person for a berth in a quad cabin. For all cabin options please see the Wildwings or Limosa websites.** The “single supplement” shown…
The Arctic This Week Take Five: Week of 11 December, 2023
Canada to Acquire P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to Patrol the Arctic As was reported by High North News on December 8, Canada announced it would purchase 14 P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States. These aircraft should arrive in Canada by late 2027 and…
Facts About the Arctic in December 2023
Christmas is rapidly approaching, and Santa and Snow White send festive greetings to one and all from the North Pole: JAXA extent currently seems to be stuck on December 17th, but here’s how it looked a couple of days ago:…
Biden Administration Invests $1M in Arctic Climate Data Research
The U.S. Commerce Department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Friday $1 million in funding to improve the collection of Arctic climate data. In a statement, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the U.S. Arctic region —…
Helping people in the Arctic Circle with energy insecurity
In the United States, more than 30 million households are energy insecure or can’t meet basic household energy needs, according to a 2023 U.S. Energy Information Administration report. The EIA report identifies households in cold-climate regions as particularly susceptible to…