Greenland is simultaneously among the countries most impacted by climate change and among the countries with the highest carbon footprints per capita. This has put politicians in a dilemma that was finally resolved last week.
For the 2024-2026 budget, the Russian government proposes to reduce funding for the construction of the nuclear, super-powerful “Lider” icebreaker. It is being built at the Zvezda shipyard.
Arctic communities are growing and need energy. Decarbonized energy is attracting the interest of political decision-makers and certain investors and companies. These topics dominated the energy debates at the Arctic Circle Assembly.
The end of coal: Just over 24 hours ago, an era came to a close in Longyearbyen. For decades, the power plant supplied electricity and heat produced with Svalbard’s own coal.
The Arctic Circle Assembly opens in Reykjavik for three days of discussions between those involved in sustainable development in the Arctic Circle. The presence of the French ambassador for the poles reinforces the launch of the One Polar Summit in Paris in November.
Due to the sanctions imposed by the West, Russia has increased its focus on deliveries to Asian customers using ships without ice class more frequently.
Anne Choquet, a lawyer specialized in the law of the polar regions and a proponent of scientific approaches combining several disciplines, is working on a new research project at the crossroads of science, education and the business world.
Fewer fish and more otaries could be behind the growing number of fur seals dying as a result of collisions or drowning in fishing nets. The South Atlantic Institute for Environmental Research has published the initial results of its scientific investigation in the hope of improving fisheries management.
Soon charter flight with tourists from Russia to Spitsbergen, claims Ildar Neverov, general director of Arktikugol. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs contradicts.
The lack of ice-going vessels is holding back the development of the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Indian and Chinese shipyards hope to jump into the gap and construct vessels.
Design studio “Malakhit” is working on a project for an Arctic subaquatic energy module (SEM) to delivery energy to isolated places along the Arctic coastline
Svalbard is facing changes on multiple scales. An ethnological study analyzing this process, and the issues that come with it, has just been published.
Australian airline operator Rex Airlines gets ambitious and plans to become the next flight operator for the Australian Antarctic Division as stated in an press release.
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $37.5 million grant to boost an Alaska mine project that would produce a mineral deemed critical to electronics and batteries: graphite.
Arctic Umiaq Line, a Greenlandic passenger shipping company and Hurtigruten plan to work together to promote growth and opportunities in the Greenlandic tourism industry.