Arctic Watch

Facts About the Arctic

Cooperation

From good urban cooperation to best youth collaboration: exciting news from the Arctic

Collaboration and cooperation are key values in the EU’s Arctic policy.

Lukashenko wants access to attractive Russian Arctic seaports

Arctic seaports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk a part of a great deal

Russia’s Isolation Hampers Climate Change Research in the Arctic

Russia’s exclusion from the international scientific community going at a wrong time

India in the Arctic: Legal Framework and Sustainable Approach

In 2014, India’s first multi-sensor moored observatory, IndArc, was deployed in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard.

Are Russia and China Teaming Up to Quickly Control the Arctic?

More aggressive posturing by Russia and China in the fast-melting Arctic is raising red flags for the Pentagon.

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…

Ocean engineers and scientists share ideas

Collaborating to better understand how to operate in the Arctic environment was the goal of an international gathering addressing polar oceanography and operations held in Newport, Oct. 23-25. The “Under the Ice Workshop,” and “2025 Ship to Shore High Latitude…