Whale Cove is on the western shore of Hudson Bay (Map: Google Maps) Canada’s government has announced that it will refurbish the gravel runway at the airport in the hamlet of Whale Cove, as part of an on-going billion-dollar plan to keep the country’s...
Not the sort of lifeline the industry needs (Photo: Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers) In 2018, when the AFD&G, which regulates Alaska’s fisheries, recorded the largest ever increase in the number of juvenile snow crabs in the Bering Sea, the expectation was that...
Two years after the start, Dr. Hanne Christiansen and Dr. Marius Jonassen can now present their awards at the Annual Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik. Image: Arctic Circle On the evening of 14 October 2016, a storm dumped 20mm of rain on the hillsides outside the...
(Photo: Karl Heuchel / Umeå University) Arctic lakes are amongst the most common type of freshwater body. Therefore, knowing what happens to the organic matter that winds up in them is crucial for understanding whether they are helping to remove carbon dioxide from...
Grey, but never staid (Photo: State Department / Ron Przysucha) Early next year, the European Union expects to open its version of a consulate* in Nuuk. Canada’s ambassador (pictured below) has said his country may open a consulate soon. They would join America,...