Arctic Watch

Facts About the Arctic

Month: May 2025

Arctic And Antarctic Citizen Science Expeditions Announced

During the expedition, guests can see majestic polar bears and walrus of Spitsbergen before navigating through pack ice to visit a traditional Greenland village.

No Clear Winners: New Research Shows How Arctic Plants Are Responding to Warmer World

Arctic ecosystems are changing fast — but not in predictable ways.

From export bans to Arctic plans: Greenland’s mining opportunity

As the global race for critical minerals intensifies, few places are as strategically positioned as Greenland to help the West bridge a widening supply gap.

NATO to set up temporary air operations command centre in Arctic Norway

The interim facility is expected to be operational for several years and staffed by several hundred personnel until a permanent centre is completed.

Prioritizing Power Over Democratic Principles and Arctic Security

At a recent Arctic forum in the Russian port city of Murmansk, Putin reportedly said, “As for Greenland, this is an issue that concerns two specific states and has nothing to do with us.”

The Arctic Council Survives Both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

The only thing that mattered was that the council had survived a Russian full-scale war against a neighboring country, and now with ambitions to also survive Donald Trump as the US president.

Clean Arctic Alliance calls for action on shipping pollution in the Arctic

Tackling black carbon and methane pollution from marine traffic could dramatically reduce the impacts of the climate crisis before 2030.

The Arctic Council in the Shadow of Geopolitics

With the gavel comes an extraordinary responsibility to ensure the council’s survival in a historically difficult time, when geopolitical tensions cast long shadows over regional cooperation.

India must rethink its Arctic outlook

An increasingly militarised Arctic demands new thinking from New Delhi.