An Arctic road has entered the US election debate
The proposed road in North Alaska poses a tough question to president Joe Biden’s environmental agenda: is wilderness protection more important than the green transition?
The proposed road in North Alaska poses a tough question to president Joe Biden’s environmental agenda: is wilderness protection more important than the green transition?
A port for bulk cargo for the handling of Belarusian goods, including potash fertilizers, is to be built in the Murmansk region.
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced that it will launch a satellite in June 2024 to improve weather forecasting in the Arctic.
Greenland threatens to leave the Nordic Council if they are not accepted as a full member.
On Russian Space Day, 12 April 2024, cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and his companions, flight instructor Alexander Lynnik and Denis Efremov, jumped from 10,000 meters above the North Pole to the ice camp Barneo North Pole.
Novatek has significantly reduced the production of liquefied natural gas at its Arctic LNG 2 project. The reason for this decision is a lack of storage facilities and ships.
The attack on Governor Andrei Chibis was carried out on the evening of April 4 in Apatity immediately after a meeting with residents at the local cultural center.
Climate change not only confronts our world with the release of greenhouse gases such as methane, but also poses an insidious threat due to the release of radon.
Russian hosting provider RuVDS will conduct an experiment to operate a data center at the Norpol, on the premises of the Barneo ice camp.
Yesterday evening saw the conclusion of a strategy meeting for French action in the poles. Polar issues are emerging on the political agenda in France.
While last week a study dispelled a historical myth about gender differences in size, the link between a historical scandal and the issue of women’s and human rights was discussed in Denmark.
In a meeting on March 6, 2024, the Russian Federation Council agreed to end the fisheries agreement between the former USSR and Great Britain.
On a trip to Greenland and the Faroe Islands, the European Commission’s highest representative puts the Arctic back on the political agenda.
“We need more Greenlanders in the corps,” Major General of the Joint Arctic Command tells Polar Journal.
The new Low Earth Orbit satellites could make the country dependent on a foreign tech giant but could also help provide stable access in remote parts.
The working groups within the Arctic Council can kickoff their activities and meetings are planned again, at least on a virtual level.
Little is still known about the reasons that Greenlanders end up on the street.
Last Thursday and Friday, the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation’s Polar Symposium took place in the century-old Oceanographic Museum, between the Palais princier and the Mediterranean, bringing together scientists and experts, advocacy officers and directors of organizations, representatives of indigenous peoples and heads of state.
The United States is the only major country active in Antarctica that has made no significant policy statement on the region in recent years.
The facility located on the Gydan Peninsula represents Novatek’s second major project and is crucial to Russia’s goal of increasing its LNG production to 100 million tons.
“Nothing about us, without us,” is the headline of the long-awaited strategy. Among much else, it looks for partners in Arctic North America and in China.
Three new communities in the Eastern Hudson Bay region have been connected to the fibre-optic network, according to an announcement by Hilda Snowball, President of the Kativik region, on Monday.
Western mistrust and sanctions have brought Russia and China closer together in the Arctic. The USA is now worried about losing control of the Arctic.
Critics say that Greenland’s two mandatory seats in Denmark’s Folketing create confusion and undermine the Greenland government.