Arctic Watch

Facts About the Arctic

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Research icebreaker leaving on a 114-day Arctic expedition

Voyage will help researchers better understand Arctic marine ecosystems.

Russian Davos for Global Arctic

The SPIEF 2025 forum will discuss the North Sea Route and extensive Arctic transport links between Europe and Asia.

India in the Arctic: Advancing a New Path for Strategic Autonomy Beyond Russia

Since the early 2020s, India’s Arctic strategy has evolved from being primarily scientific to being informed by broader geopolitics.

Researcher Highlights Strong Female Voices in the Norwegian Polar History

Based on this archive, Ryall wrote the book Polar Women (Polare kvinner), her version of the Norwegian polar history.

Call for Sustainable Development of Finno-Ugric and Arctic Indigenous Peoples

In recent decades, international attention towards the Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia has significantly increased.

Co-management, Knowledge Co-production, and the Re-empowerment of Arctic Indigenous Peoples

Despite industry concerns with the resulting Balkanization of decision-making, Indigenous Peoples have enthusiastically defended their gains and effectively and pro-actively utilized their co-management structures.

Restoring Arctic Exceptionalism: New Approach

The Quincy Institute and The Arctic Institute held a public policy conference on Arctic security and cooperation.

Oceans Are Transporting Centuries-old Mercury to the Arctic

By analyzing over 700 tissue and environmental samples from across Greenland in Arctic, collected over a 40-year period, researchers identified distinct regional differences in mercury that corresponded with specific ocean currents, allowing them to trace the sources and transport pathways of the pollutant.

Ella and Yeva Start Circumnavigating the Arctic

I mentioned the start of Ella Hibbert‘s long voyage in her yacht Yeva over on this year’s Northwest Passage thread.