In shrinking Soviet towns, Northern Sea Route promise is keeping hope alive
A research project at the University of Vienna is attempting an, at the moment, difficult task: to conduct anthropological research on the Russian Arctic.
Greenland start-up to build dam and export glacial water across the world
The Government of Greenland sees the permission to exploit a river in South Greenland as part of a larger strategy to exploit its water and ice resources.
The Polar Retrospective – Alaska, arctic region of contrasts
In the opinion of the editor-in-chief, the largest and northernmost state of the USA is fascinating in its diversity, but it also shows some contrasts in the relationship between the US and the Arctic.
Greenland ministers criticize researchers for not telling them about landslide study
The criticism highlights the Government of Greenland’s irritation about a lack of communication from researchers coming in from abroad.
“An evolution of the System towards the establishment of safeguards for greater equity?”
The workings of the Antarctic Treaty system have tended to seize up around environmental issues in recent years. But the causes of disagreements between the Consultative Parties – which cannot easily reach consensus – may lie elsewhere, outside the Treaty’s jurisdiction, as analyzed by Anaïs Rémont, a doctoral student in geopolitics and international law.
“It’s major, because it brings the polar subject closer to the glacial”
France’s ambassador for the poles and oceans, Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, talks about the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences proclaimed by the UN in mid-August and the progress of France’s Polar Strategy.
Expedition cruise ship organization visited Ilulissat to ease increasing tensions
Arctic cruise ship operators have faced headwinds in Greenland this summer, but AECO, an organization representing their interests, hopes that a three-day visit last week will be the start of a needed dialogue.
EU ban on seal products sparks heated reactions – 14,000 replies to public hearing
Artists and hunters in Arctic Canada hope the EU will lift the ban that has been in place since 2009.
“It’s a perfect time to come up with an alternative framework for the Antarctic”
Antarctic Rights is an international initiative that advocates the extension of rights to all living beings in order to improve the functioning of the Antarctic Treaty and environmental protection. Two experts provide background to the initiative and explain its implications. Interview.
The Polar Retrospective – Turning a walrus into hope for the US Coast Guard
The US Coast Guard plans to acquire the “Aiviq” for its Arctic missions due to the problems of the icebreaker program whose future could also depend on the upcoming elections.
The Geneva Centre for Security Policy and its High North Talks
The current geopolitical situation has led to a deadlock in the Arctic with seemingly no basis for dialogues. However, a Geneva-based organization offers a platform and a glimpse of hope to address pressing Arctic issues.
The Polar Retrospective – The heat is on in polar regions
Both Greenland and the middle of Antarctica are currently experiencing a hot climate, although the reasons and type of climate are different.
Podcast Radio Arctic – Territorial claims and treaties in polar regions
The Arctic and the polar regions in general are at the center of discussions about territorial claims and demarcating borders, and how they affect research, business, and politics. In this new podcast, Radio Arctic explores these implications with the help of experts.
Chile has strengthened the application of Antarctic law
Over the past year, Chile has taken steps to enforce its Antarctic Law, adopted in 2020, by including behaviors prohibited in Antarctica in the list of acts subject to sanctions, defined in a 2023 law on economic crimes. Interview with Catalina Sepúlveda, Antarctic law expert.
Major powers tug of war on the US’s Arctic doorstep
The Bering Strait used to be a bridge between continents, while today it serves as a place of tug-of-war between the USA, Russia and China.
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson arrested in Nuuk
It was an eventful weekend in Greenland’s capital, following the arrest of an international activist firmly opposed to whaling.
The Polar Retrospective – Negative and positive energy on Svalbard
Positive energy towards small expedition vessels and negative energy towards the local power company made the headlines in Longyearbyen last week.
The Polar Retrospective – South Greenland and the polar bears
Stalemate between South Greenland’s Kujalleq municipality and Greenland’s government over how to deal with polar bears in South Greenland.
Canadian university implement first-of-its-kind anti-fraud system to prevent Inuit pretenders
The system was introduced after a woman was sentenced three years in prison for identity fraud in Nunavut.
Heavy fuel oil banned in the Arctic after years of struggle from NGOs
The tar-like fuel is particularly dangerous in remote polar regions, and on July 1st it was officially banned.
Courtesy exercises on the edge of the Arctic pack ice
The French, Danish and Icelandic navies performed search and rescue maneuvers at sea with the most powerful icebreaker in the NATO zone, a tourist liner flying the flag of the French islands of Wallis and Futuna.
Towards a regulation of Antarctic tourism
The growth of tourism in Antarctica is not without concern for the Treaty’s Consultative Parties. In a press release issued at the end of the Kochi meetings, its Secretariat announced its intention to provide a better framework for this activity. But views still differ widely.
The Polar Retrospective – Arctic tourism like hiking in the polar night
Tourism in Arctic regions is increasingly at the center of a debate between politics, science and industry, and searching for solutions seems like a hike in the polar night.
Should sea ice be considered sovereign territory of the Inuit?
International law does not consider Inuit spatial values and forces ‘sovereignty’ onto a people who does not believe in it, a new PhD project argues.
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