Inuit group, citing dramatic effects in the Arctic, calls for bigger role in international climate action
The Inuit people of the Arctic, facing some of the most dramatic effects of climate change, are seeking a bigger voice in any international action taken to address it. In a position paper issued just before the start of a major international…
Salmon Under Threat: An Arctic Fisherman Sees the Impact of Climate Change
As humans expand their carbon footprint on the planet, vital habitats are being lost, making it increasingly challenging for some species to survive. This is especially true for Arctic Alaska, where warming due to climate change is unleashing unprecedented changes…
Nunavut Arctic College offers new culinary arts program at Cambridge Bay campus
For a little over a month, the scent of freshly-baked pastries and meals has been wafting through the corridors of the Nunavut Arctic College campus in Cambridge Bay. The post-secondary school is offering a new culinary arts program to apprentice…
Fiction Norway 2024 project market to focus on Arctic and Indigenous voices (exclusive)
The Fiction Norway project market, held in Tromso on January 14-15, is planning a special focus for its 2024 edition on Indigenous and Arctic voices. Producers and directors from the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions are invited to submit their feature…
Arctic–Alpine Botanic Garden
The world’s northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions. LOCATED JUST NORTH OF TROMSØ’s city center, this garden is considered to be the world’s northernmost botanical garden. The place is on the location of…
It’s time to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The fight for full preservation is not over. Silver clouds speckle the denim blue sky as the sun peeks out from behind a mountain. Spotlights of orange hues hit the rigid peaks as a dusting of fog settles atop the…
Shore bird from Arctic region makes a stopover in urban water body in Coimbatore
A group of birders, who visited Kurichi tank in Coimbatore on Sunday had a rare visitor who made their day memorable. They spotted a Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), a shore bird that breeds in the Arctic region, that possibly made a…
Arctic fox conservation efforts yield 16 newborn cubs
The Arctic fox is a critically endangered species in Finland Inspectors from Finland’s wildlife agency Metsähallitus have discovered two new dens made by critically endangered Arctic fox. The dens were found in Finnish Lapland, where a total of at least…
New dawn for Arctic’s first people: the Inuit plan to reclaim their sea
The environment Inuit have lived in for millennia is changing fast. Canada’s government once ignored Indigenous knowledge of it but now they are jointly creating the Nunatsiavut conservation area. A plume of red erupts in the grey-blue waters and Martin…