Facts About the Arctic in March 2025
After spending several weeks in the unfortunate position of lowest for the date, JAXA/ViSHOP Arctic sea ice extent has just risen above 2015. By a mere 10,000 km²: Despite the fact that JAXA extent is still rising, AWI extent has…
Arctic doomsday seed vault gets more than 14,000 new samples
Protected by permafrost, the vault has received samples from across the world, and played a leading role between 2015 and 2019 in rebuilding seed collections damaged during the war in Syria.
Inside the indigenous community ‘breathing last breath’ in war in Ukraine 4,000 miles from their Arctic home
The Yupik are among the threatened indigenous peoples in the remote far north-east of the federation whose numbers are being further depleted by Vladimir Putin’s war.
The Norwegian Parliament’s Arctic Delegation in Washington DC: “Never Been This Disappointed”
The Norwegian Parliament’s Delegation for Arctic Cooperation is visiting the United States this week. The visit began in Washington D.C. and will end in Minneapolis.
UK and Norway kickstart new defence agreement in boost for European security in Arctic
UK continues to step up on European security in move to deepen defence ties with Norway.