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Arctic Sea Ice Forecast. 2024 Third report

The Arctic sea ice extent on September 10, when the sea ice minimum will be about 4.70 million square kilometers. This is almost the same as in 2021 and 2022.

Chinese Boxships transiting the Arctic to avoid Red Sea route

Two Chinese container ships, Xin Xin Hai 1 and Xin Xin Hai 2, are navigating the Arctic using Russia’s Northern Sea Route to connect China with Europe.

Report to Congress on Changes in the Arctic

The following is the July 30, 2024, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress.

Climate change may lead to shifts in vital Pacific Arctic fisheries

Commercially important marine fish and invertebrate species will likely shift northwards under a warmer climate.

Finland finds the fuel of the future and beats hydrogen

Finland has just suddenly overtaken America, Japan and China and introduced the world to the hydrogen fuel of the future.

The Arctic: Rising Tensions and Evolving Geopolitics in a Thawing Frontier

Although familiar with geopolitical competition, strategic contestation in the Arctic entered a new, more confrontational phase following the Russian Federation’s annexation of Crimea in 2014

The chill is gone

Arctic sea ice cover retreated rapidly in July 2024, pushing the daily ice extent at the end of the month to the third lowest in the 46-year satellite record.

ArcticNet: Advancing knowledge on the Arctic

Canada’s ArcticNet aims to advance knowledge of the Arctic and provide innovative solutions to its challenges through scientific excellence, self-determined research, and collaboration.

Sailing The Northwest Passage Solo

Two sailors, one young and one old, have recently started their 2024 voyages through the Northwest Passage.