The Arctic Council’s functioning depends very much on the working groups, as they actually carry out the Council’s activities and organise projects and programmes that are adopted at ministerial level. (Photo: Arctic Council, Gunnar Vigfusson) Ever since...
A large part of the land mass around the North Pole belongs to Russia. With increasing global warming and melting ice, the Northern Sea Route (blue) will become more important. The sea route through the Arctic is the shortest connection between Asia and Europe....
Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson had handed over the symbol of the chairmanship of the Arctic Council, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov for the Russian chairmanship in Reykjavik on May 20, 2021. Image: Gunnar Vigfusson / Icelandic Ministry of Foreign...