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Greenland appoints first Arctic ambassador, pledges sustainable development

Greenland appointed its first Arctic ambassador as it prepares to chair the Arctic Council.

Arctic Military Leaders Convene Over Hybrid Threats

The meeting, held near the Norwegian-Russian border, included discussions on countering the growing militarization of the Russian Arctic and surrounding waters.

Is the Arctic Prepared for a Large-Scale Cruise Ship Incident?

Cruise tourism is ever-growing in the Arctic, but is the region prepared for a large-scale cruise ship incident? The short answer is no.

Indigenous guides in the Arctic are training Canada’s military: ‘When they talk, I listen’

Facing new threats to its sovereignty, the country is looking to reaffirm itself as ‘an Arctic nation’

Ambassadors of Nordic countries discuss Arctic defence

Arctic Panellists from Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and Sweden at UPEI for island studies talk.

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.  

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.

Russian military thinking about the Baltic Sea and the Arctic

Following the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, Russian military thinkers and planners are increasingly seeing the two theatres as contiguous areas.